In re the Estate of Wook-Kah-Nah

DAVISON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court, on appeal from the county *259court, removing restrictions on the authority of an administrator de bonis non with will annexed of the estate of Wook-Kah-Nah, deceased, a full-blood Comanche Indian woman. Six of her heirs had applied for such an order and will be referred to herein as petitioners. The remaining two heirs opposed the application and will be referred to as respondents.

The decedent died testate at the approximate age of eighty years, leaving eight heirs as follows: Maude Red Elk, a daughter, Eula Sue…