Scott v. Dawson

This case had its inception as a probate proceeding in the county court of Pontotoc county, Okla. Ella Scott, nee Perry, a three-quarter blood Chickasaw Indian, who died December 31, 1929, and leaving issue born since March 4, 1906, had made a will dated November 16, 1929, wherein she undertook, among other things, to devise her homestead allotment. The will was admitted to probate upon the application of A. M. Scott and he was appointed executor thereof. At the time of submission of the.final report the plaintiff in error, as an heir of said Ella Scott, nee Perry, and as executor of her last…