Legal Opinion
Stevens v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1944No. 2941PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
This case presents for determination rival claims to the estate of Stella Sands, deceased. The decedent, enrolled as a full-blood Creek Indian, executed in due form a will and later died, leaving an estate which included certain land previously allotted to her. The instrument was presented to the County Court of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, for probate. William Stevens, enrolled as a Creek Freedman, filed objections to the probate of the will, pleading that subsequent to its execution he and the testatrix were married, that the marriage revoked the will, and that under…
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