Legal Opinion
Johnstone v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 4, 1966No. 40707PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Vice Chief Justice.
The decisive question for decision in this case is whether the Young Women’s Christian Association, a benevolent corporation of Topeka, Kansas, took title to two farms in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, under the last will and testament of Frank Babcock.
In 1912, Frank Babcock, a resident of Kansas, owned two farms in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. He devised these two farms in 1912 to the Young Women’s Christian Association of Topeka, Kansas, a Kansas Corporation, subject to life estates in certain members of his family. Babcock died testate in Arkansas in 1914 and his will…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Riley v. CollierSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Texas Co. v. State ex rel. CoryellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
- Parwal Inv. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
- Simler v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by5 opinions
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