Sturtevant v. Sturtevant
Oregon Supreme Court
From Umatilla: Dalton Biggs, Judge. Department 1. On July 18, 1914, the County Court of Umatilla County took proof of a will of A. J. Sturtevant of date November 5,1913, in common form, and admitted it to probate, appointing an executor and taking and .approving his bond.
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From Umatilla: Dalton Biggs, Judge. Department 1. On July 18, 1914, the County Court of Umatilla County took proof of a will of A. J. Sturtevant of date November 5,1913, in common form, and admitted it to probate, appointing an executor and taking and .approving his bond. On September 16th following, two of the decedent’s grandchildren, to whom his deceased son was father, appeared in the County Court-by their mother and guardian, Myrtle F. Carnes, to contest the validity of the will thus proved. After alleging their relationship and that of other persons named in the will to the decedent,…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
It appears that A. J. Sturtevant, the deceased, was a merchant and land owner at Pilot Rock in Umatilla County. By close attention to business through a series of years he had accumulated a fortune in excess of $40,000. He died on July 3,1914. On September 27, 1910, on petition of his son, Mark Sturtevant, the County Court of Umatilla County made the following order:
“Now on this day the duly verified petition of Mark Sturtevant and L. E. Roy, praying for the appointment of a guardian of the person and estate of A. J. Sturtevant, coming on to be heard; and it appearing to the court that the…
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