Legal Opinion

Copeland v. Copeland

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 22, 1918No. 8145PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Error from District Court, Cherokee County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Suit by J. C. Copeland and Samantha A. Copeland Lovejoy against Martha Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland. There was a judgment in the county court for defendants, and from the judgment of the district court on appeal in favor of defendants, and from the overruling of a motion for new trial,' plaintiffs bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

PRYOR, C.

On the 16th day of November, 1914, plaintiffs in error, Samantha A. Lovejoy and J. C. Copeland, -filed their petition in the county court of Cherokee county in probate cause No. 1883 entitled “In the Matter of the Estate of Joe Copeland, Deceased, Martha Copeland, Administratrix,” asking that they be adjudged the sole heirs at law of Joe Copeland, and that they have distributed to them whatever property the said Joe Copeland possessed at the time of his death. The defendants in error, Martha Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland, filed their answer, denying the petition, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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  2. Schmisseur v. BeatrieIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Haile v. HaleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. Graham v. BennetCalifornia Supreme Court · 1852
  5. Watts v. OwensWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885

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