Walker v. Risk

BERRY, Justice.

On April 16, 1960, Mrs. Anna Hillis, hereafter referred to as “testatrix”, died testate in Mayes County, Oklahoma. Testatrix was born in March, 1872. Her husband, who had been a practicing physician in Mayes County, died in the early part of 1949.

The record shows that in August 24, 1949, testatrix executed a typewritten will in which she bequeathed the sum of $1,000.00 to the First Methodist Church of Pryor, Oklahoma, which bequest was to be used in part for creating a suitable memorial to testatrix’s late husband, and the remainder of her estate to her half-sisters and…