Legal Opinion
Speers v. Speers
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 26, 2008No. 103,813PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKauger, J.
¶ 1 The issue presented is whether the trial court erred in admitting the contested will to probate. We find that it did.
FACTS
¶ 2 On June 15, 1982, Shirley Joyce Speers (testatrix) signed a “Last Will and Testament” (will/instrument). It named her husband, Ralph Speers (husband) as her executor and Doyle Wesley Fincher as her alternate executor. It also gave her daughter, Sherry Arlene Ross, her household furnishings and appliances, and her son, Daniel Eugene Speers, her livestock. Her husband was named the beneficiary of the rest of the estate, provided he paid the estate’s expenses. If he…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Greg E. Crawford v. Falcon Drilling Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- In re the Estate of CollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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