Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. Patterson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1951No. 4237_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, all nonresidents of the State of Oklahoma, brought this declaratory judgment action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, where they sought to have a judicial declaration that an instrument was insufficient to constitute a Last Will and Testament of Walter Ferguson, deceased, and that the deceased’s property should be distributed to his heirs. This appeal is from a judgment upholding the will and declaring that the defendant, Patterson, should take the residue of the estate as his sole and separate property.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Sutton v. EnglishSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Marti v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
- Franklin v. Margay Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
- Howard v. CarusiSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Land v. ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Anderson v. BensonDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1953
- Foster v. CarlinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- United States v. Lottie A. Mappes, Individually, and Ernest E. Mappes, of the Estate of William G. Mappes, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Clifford Erwin, Administrator of the Estate of Grace Snider Danford, Deceased v. Gladys Snider BarrowCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
- Simler v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
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