In Re Cook's Estate
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Gourt, McClain County; E. B. Swank, Judge. Will contest by Gena Cook for herseif and for and as next friend of William Paul Cook against Mary Cook. Pnom a judgment of the district court affirming a judgment of the county count denying probate of will of William Nye Cook, deceased, contestee brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
The question involved herein arises out of the contest of the will of William Nye Cook, deceased. The testator at the time of his death left surviving him a wife and an infant son and his mother. His estate consisted of about 240 acres of land of the value of $5,000. The will of the testator, after bequeathing $100 to his wife and 40 acres of the land to his child, bequeathed and devised the rest and residue of his estate to his mother, whom he appointed his executrix without bond. Upon this will being presented for probate Gena Cook, the wife, for herself .and as nest friend of the infant…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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