Legal Opinion
In Re Hamm's Estate
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 27, 1940No. 28354PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavison, J.
The question to be determined in this case is whether Murl Hamm, the surviving husband of Anna Trent Hamm, deceased, a full-blood Osage allottee, is of Indian blood and entitled to inherit a portion of her estate as one of her heirs at law. Murl Hamm and Anna Trent Hamm were married on the 23rd of December, 1929, subsequent to the Act of Congress of February 27, 1925, 43 Stat. L. 1008, section 7 of which prohibits inheritance by persons not of Indian blood from those of one-half or more Indian blood of the Osage Tribe, except spouses of then existing marriages.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re Martin's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- City of Oklahoma City v. StewartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
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- Carden v. HumbleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
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