Legal Opinion
Bigheart v. Pappan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1973No. 72-1718PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Velma Rose Bigheart, appeals from an order of the district court approving the administrative determination of the Department of the Interior that the 1967 will and codicil of William Bigheart, Jr. were valid and effective. William Bigheart, Jr. was a half blood Osage Indian, and appellant is decedent’s widow. The decedent died on September 27, 1969, possessed of certain restricted property, and left surviving the appellant, two children by a former marriage, and his mother.
Appellant and decedent were married in 1965. Both had been married several *1067times…
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- Blanset v. CardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- In Re Martin's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Simmons v. Eagle SeelatseeDistrict Court, E.D. Washington · 1965
- In Re Revard's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Bigheart v. PappanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- In re the Estate of BigheartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981