In Re Douglas' Estate

This is another case involving the Alice M. Douglas estate. As stated in our opinion in Maynard, Executor, et al. v. Hustead et al., 185 Okla. 20, 90 P.2d 30, when Alice M. Douglas died on December 3, 1934, she left a purported holographic will, which was misplaced by John L. Maynard and was not discovered until January 7, 1937. Shortly after Mrs. Douglas' death, the exact date not appearing in the record, her husband, Charles E. Douglas, was appointed administrator of her estate on the assumption that she died intestate. Subsequently, on April 27, 1936, the county court approved the final…