Pryor v. Craft

GIBSON, J. (dissenting).

I concur in the following conclusions reached in the majority opinion: (1) That the estate which Woodrow Pryor inherited from his father was an absolute estate, and (2) that upon his death his estate therein passed to his heirs under the laws of the United States.

With these two conclusions as the premise, the sole remaining question is what such laws provide, and is therefore simply one of construction. It is the holding of the majority that subdivision 7 (84 O.S. 1941 §213) is applicable and therefore controlling. In this 1 cannot concur. In my opinion subdivision 7…