Legal Opinion
In Re Nitey's Estate
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 24, 1935No. 23157PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.
This case presents a contest over a will. The plaintiffs in error were the contestants and the defendants in error were the proponents of the will. The parties will be referred to -herein as contestants and proponents.
On June 1, 1930, Nitey, a duly enrolled, full-blood Seminole Indian woman, owning valuable oil lands and a large amount of cash and securities held by the Superintendent of the Five Civilized Tribes, executed a will by the terms of which all of her estate was devised to a trustee for a period of ten years for the benefit of her sister and five sons — her only children — on…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Oklahoma Hospital v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
- Hill v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Bilby v. StewartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- In Re Blackfeather's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- McClure v. KerchnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Scoufos v. FullerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
- In Re Hess' EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1962
- In Re Free's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- Mel Foster Co. Properties v. American Oil Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Skelton v. DavisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
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