Legal Opinion

In Re Will of Son-Se-Gra

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 16, 1920No. 9492PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error from District Court, Osage County; R. B. Boone, Judge. In the matter of the probate of the last will and testament of Son-se-gra, Roll No. 2130, deceased. From judgment admitting will to probate, contestant, Cap Strike-Axe, brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtOwen, C. J.

The will in question was executed by Son-se-gra, a full-blood Osage Indian, and filed for probate in the county court of Osage county. Cap Strike-Axe, her husband, filed a contest against the admission of the will to probate, and, upon judgment being rendered in favor of the proponents, contestant appealed to the district court, where judgment was rendered admitting the will to probate, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

The questions presented and argued in the brief of plaintiffs in error on which a reversal of the case is sought are whether Son-se-gra had testamentary capacity,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Keyser v. HitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Estate of LatourCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Richardson v. McChesneySupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. New York & Maryland Line R. Co. v. WinansSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  5. Hill v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. In Re Mason's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
  2. In Re Creger's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
  3. In Re Anderson's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
  4. In Re Wheeling's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
  5. In Re Will of StiresSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923

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