Legal Opinion
Doles v. Fitzsimmons
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 28, 1947No. 32047PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWelch, J.
Mrs. Rachel Purcell died testate September 27, 1943. Her will and a codicil thereto, all in complete form and thoroughly established by proof, were admitted to probate October 16, 1943, and George A. Fitzsim-mons, the person designated, was appointed executor.
Thereafter, on the 31st day of March, 1944, Mrs. Pearl Doles presented the document here involved and sought probate thereof as the second or last will and testament of Mrs. Purcell. This last mentioned document, dated “Aug. 1943,” was not in the form of a will, but in the form of a letter “To Whom It May Concern.” It stated a gift to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hill v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Wigginton's v. WiggintonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1922
- McCarty v. WeatherlySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922
- In Re Stover's WillSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Allen v. KinnibrughSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Goff v. KnightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1949
- Ziegelgruber v. Harrison ex rel. HarrisonCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
- Matter of Estate of HarrisonCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987