Legal Opinion

Falter v. Walker

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 1, 1915No. 6300PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error from District Court, Pontotoc County; Tom D. McKeown, Judge. Action by Hiram Falter, by his guardian, F. F. Falter, against J. C. Walker, administrator of the estate of W. D. Loving, and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtKane, C. J.

This was an action commenced for the purpose of determining the devolution of the estate of W. D. Loving, deceased. The plaintiff in error is a grandchild of a sister of the deceased, and the defendants in error are the administrator of his estate and his sisters. The cause was tried upon an agreed statement of facts in the county court, which held that, inasmuch as it was agreed that the decedent left no issue, nor wife, nor father, nor mother, his property descended to his sisters in exclusion of the plaintiff in error. Upon an appeal to the district court the same conclusion was reached,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Adams v. Law Ex Rel. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  2. Kerr, County Clerk v. State Ex Rel. WimbishSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. In re CurryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Croxton v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
  2. City of Ardmore v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
  3. In Re Assessment of Champlin Refining Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
  4. Seneca Coal Co. v. CarterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957

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