Legal Opinion
Mercer v. Mercer
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 19, 1961No. 39128PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVISON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a District Court judgment granting homestead rights in a residential property and widow’s allowance to Helen L. Mercer (herein referred to as Helen), as surviving spouse of H. Ford Mercer (herein referred to as Ford), deceased.
The record • reflects that in 1945 Ford Mercer and his then wife, Frances S. Mercer, took title to Lots three and four, Block four, in Park Addition to the City of Stillwater, Oklahoma, “as joint tenants, and not tenants in common, with right of sur-vivorship.” They occupied the property as their homestead together with their…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re Estate of GardnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Draughon v. WrightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1948
- In Re Musselman's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Williams v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Jones v. NovotnySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Matter of Estate of IngramSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Casey v. CaseySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2005
- Duncan v. VassaurSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
- In Re ShieldsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1988
- Ladd v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
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