Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Burns
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 26, 1978No. 51299PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEPTUNE, Presiding Judge.
This appeal arises from the probate court’s order declaring that a 200-year-old family Bible is a part of the estate of a particular descendant rather than property subject to an implied trust which would permit the Bible to descend to the oldest male member of the family.
J. W. Burns was in possession of and claimed the Bible as his property at the time of his death in 1936. Surviving J. W. were his wife Clara and three sons, Paul, the eldest, Ralph and Verbal, the youngest. The Bible was kept in J. W.’s house until his widow died in 1952.
Paul came into possession of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bryant v. MahanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
- Powell v. ChastainSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1957
- Marshall v. AmosSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
- Trimble v. BolesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Henderson v. GiffordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1957
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Matter of Estate of SteenCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1992
- GASKINS v. TEXON, LPCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2013