Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Wilder
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 14, 1976No. 48821PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice.
The following handwritten will was found in the billfold of deceased:
“4-21-75: I will all my estate and bank accounts and savings and Certificates of Deposit to Esther Penner, 413 West Main Street, Wetheford (sic), Oklahoma 73096.
Ray W. Wilder.”
The attempt by Esther Penner, beneficiary under this will to admit it to probate as a valid holographic will is the subject of this interlocutory appeal.
The handwritten will superseded a prior formal will in which deceased left his estate to Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Capper Foundation and the Watchtower Bible Society of Pennsylvania.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sellers v. SellersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
- Caesar v. BurgessCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Burns v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Day v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Bridges v. BridgesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Wigley v. SkeltonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
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