In Re Heirship of Jefferson

Gilbert Arpealer et al., as petitioners, instituted this proceeding in the county court of Latimer county on the 16th day of November, 1921, for the determination of the heirship of Ellis Jefferson, deceased. The Stigler Land Company et al. filed answer to the petition. The county court entered a decree on the 29th day of September, 1922, adjudging that Sarah Wade, the mother of Ellis Jefferson, deceased, was the sole maternal heir and that Morris Battiest was the paternal heir.

Petitioners prosecuted an appeal to the district court and the cause was tried before Hon. George C. Crump, and…