In re the Estate of Dilling

BOYDSTON, Judge.

This case begins in the early 1900’s when Elmer and Emza Dilling, husband and wife, moved to Fletcher, Oklahoma. Elmer became the primary stockholder and president of the First National Bank of Fletcher. When Elmer prepared his will, the couple had only one daughter, Jane, to whom he left $50. The rest of his estate was to go to his wife Emza.

The couple later had a son, Jerome, but the original will was never changed to reflect this. In 1937, when his son was 20 years old, Elmer died. Jerome, being a pretermitted heir, inherited one-third of his father’s estate.

On reaching…