White v. Wright

The plaintiff sued one Josephine James, a white woman, who was the widow of Roy James, an Osage Indian, to whom a certificate of competency had been issued, and under whose will Josephine James was practically the sole beneficiary. Prior to the suit, the will of Roy James had been admitted to probate in the county court of Osage county, and on appeal the order admitting it to probate was sustained. The plaintiff caused garnishment summons to issue against W. M. Crawford and J. Geo. Wright. The process ran against them individually, but the answers disclosed that whatever was in their…