Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Wallace
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 13, 1982No. 55835PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
Lois Wallace, surviving wife of Virgil Wallace, brings this appeal from the trial court’s denial of her petition to set apart his homestead property, real and personal, to her as her probate homestead.
The trial court’s holding adverse to her was based on its finding that she had abandoned the homestead prior to Mr. Wallace’s death. The trial court held the property was therefore subject to sale as sought by the executor.
The Court of Appeals, Division I, reversed the trial court. Certiorari has previously been granted. We vacate the decision of the Court of Appeals and affirm…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Pettis v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Mathews v. SniggsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- Holmes v. HolmesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
- In Re Estate of GardnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Pence v. ColeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Burrows v. BurrowsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- 12 Collier bankr.cas.2d 727, Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,307 in Re Wayne A. Reid, Dorothy D. Reid, D/B/A International Mailing Systems, Debtors. First Bank of Catoosa v. Wayne A. Reid and Dorothy D. Reid, Individually, and D/B/A International Mailing Systems, and Mickey D. Wilson, Trustee, and Community Bank & Trust Co., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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