Parker v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from, Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; George C. Abernathy, Judge. Application by B. F. Hamilton to probate the will of Samuel Bailey, deceased, and for letters testamentary. Probate of the will was opposed by Aramelia Parker and others.
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Error from, Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; George C. Abernathy, Judge. Application by B. F. Hamilton to probate the will of Samuel Bailey, deceased, and for letters testamentary. Probate of the will was opposed by Aramelia Parker and others. From a judgment admitting the will to probate and granting letters testamentary, to proponent, the contestants appealed to the district court, from which, court the case was transferred to the superior court, where judgment was rendered for proponent, and contestants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Samuel Bailey died September 26, 1912, in Pottawatomie county, Okla., leaving a will in which he devised to his nephew, Sherman Spencer, his entire estate, consisting of several thousand dollars. The will named Dr. B. F. Hamilton as sole executor without bond. September 27, 1912, B. F. Hamilton filed with the clerk of the county court his application and petition to probate the will and for letters testamentary^ October 21, 1912, Mrs. May Spencer filed her application in the county court, for probation of the will and to be appointed adminis-tratrix, with the will annexed, alleging that…
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