In Re Spann
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Rogers County; T. L. Brown, Judge. In the matter of the final report of G. W. Spann, executor of the estate of J. E. Prather, deceased. Objections were filed to the report by Amanda. Moore, and from adverse findings of the county court, she appealed to the district court. From the judgment rendered by the district court, the executor brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBBERTS, C.
The record in this case shows that John E. Prather was a Cherokee Indian. At the time of his death, which occurred on the 26th day of Febrüary, 1907, he was the owner of an Indian allotment in that part of the Cherokee Nation which, upon statehood, became Rogers county. Prior to his death he made a will in which he bequeathed his allotment to his wife, Amanda Prather, who was afterwards married to a man by the name of Moore. The will was duly probated in the proper court of the Indian Territory, and G. W. Spann, who is the father of Amanda, was appointed executor of said…
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