Spain v. Kernell

672 P.2d 1162 (1983)

Viola SPAIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

Amelia KERNELL, Administratrix of the Estate of James H. Cully, Deceased, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 55367.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

November 15, 1983.

G. Dale Elsener, Roberts & Elsener, Wewoka, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Raymond Criswell, Wewoka, for defendant-appellant.

OPALA, Justice:

The first-impression issue dispositive of this appeal is whether household furniture set apart, after the wife's death, to her surviving husband and a minor child, pursuant to the terms of 58 O.S. 1981 § 311, became the property of the husband and of…