Legal Opinion
Goforth v. Westfahl
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 20, 1983No. 59712PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
The questions presented are whether: 1) no contest provisions contained in a will are valid; and 2) if submission of a subsequent will for probate constitutes a contest of the prior will.
After L.C. Westfahl died on December 5, 1976, his daughter, Betty Lou Goforth, the executrix of the will he executed on April 16, 1968, petitioned to admit the will to probate. Harold Wiley Westfahl, a son of the decedent, filed an objection to the probate of the 1963 will, and proffered a will executed by his father, dated July 6, 1976. The trial court admitted the 1963 will to probate, after…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Estate of HiteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
- In Re Estate of BerglandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
- Estate of MillerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
- Girard Trust Co. v. SchmitzNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1941
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Matter of Estate of WestfahlSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
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