McDonald v. Cooke

This appeal is from an order of the district court of Oklahoma county admitting a will to probate.

Plaintiffs in error are herein designated contestants and defendant in error as proponent.

Thomas McDonald died in Oklahoma City without known relatives. After the appointment of an administrator of his estate, proponent filed for probate a will executed in Missouri in 1898 by “Thos. McDonald,” in which instrument proponent was named sole beneficiary. Contestants, claiming to be a sister and brother of the deceased, filed objections to the probate of the will, charging they were the only surviving…