Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Smith
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 17, 1939No. 28054PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBayless, C. J.
Armond Billey, an enrolled Mississippi Choctaw Indian of the full blood, No. 352, died March 26, 1932, while a resident of Bryan county, Okla. He had been married, but was divorced at the time of his death, and left surviving him as his sole and only heir at law, J. T. Billey, a minor son.
September 24, 1932, Jesse Roberts filed a petition for the probate of an instrument, dated February 20, 1932, alleged to be the last will and testament of the decedent, and said instrument reads, in part:
“* * * hereby revoking and cancelling all other or former wills by me at any time made.
“(1) I direct the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Armstrong v. LettySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
- Blundell v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Melville's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Blundell v. WallaceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Carpenter v. Miller's Ex'rsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1869
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Heazle's EstateIdaho Supreme Court · 1952
- Matter of Estate of AusleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Estate of DeWald v. WhittenburgCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1996
- Gilliland v. StrikeaxeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Matter of Estate of AusleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
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