Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Rigsby

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided December 8, 1992No. 78838PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JONES, Judge:

This appeal is taken by Betty Dorsey, sister of Decedent, Jessaline Pasquali Rigs-by, from an order admitting a Holographic Will to probate as permitted under the provisions of T. 58 O.S.1991 § 721 2. The document, as offered, consisted of two pages. The Will, as admitted to probate, consists of a single page.

The error, as urged on appeal, is the failure of the trial court to allow the second page to also be admitted. The purported Will was found by the surviving spouse, Don Rigsby, folded together in a ledger, but not otherwise fastened to each other. Both…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Paull's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Foreman v. ForemanCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1999

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