Buchanan v. Parsons

Appellant contested the probate of the separate wills of Roy Lee Alexander (Roy) and Anna Maude Alexander (Anna), husband and wife. Appellant’s petition was adopted by contestant George Haynes, brother of Anna. The District Court sustained the motion to dismiss filed by the Executor of the wills (a devisee, also) and a claimant because contestants were not interested persons under 58 O.S.1971, § 29. Appellant is a sister of Anna. Anna died about four months before Roy. There was no issue of this marriage. Roy’s will noted the existence of three children by a prior marriage and disinherited…