Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Bracken

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 6, 1970No. 42524PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BERRY, Vice Chief Justice:

Plaintiff in error, hereafter designated contestant, has appealed from a judgment entered after trial de novo, affirming an order of the county court admitting the will of Hubert Sylvester Bracken to probate.

Factual background and evidenti-ary matters bearing upon the issues are uncomplicated, and do not require extensive summation. Actions involving will contests are of equitable cognizance, and this Court will examine and weigh the evidence on appeal, but will not disturb the findings and judgment of the trial court unless clearly against the weight of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of LacySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
  2. Gulf Oil Corporation v. HughesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1962
  3. In Re Fletcher's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
  4. King v. GibsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1952
  5. In Re Williams'estateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1952

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of SneedSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
  2. Estate of SamocheeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
  3. Matter of Estate of BoganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
  4. Matter of Estate of BurnsCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
  5. State, ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. OgleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2013

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