Dixon v. Helena Society of Free Methodist Church
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Alfalfa County; J. C. Robberts, Judge. Action by the Helena Society of the Free Methodist Church of North America against Charles Wilber Dixon and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
RUMMONS, C.
This is an action by the defendant in error, hereinafter called plaintiff, against the plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, to recover from each of said defendants the sum of $100 under the provisions of the will of Simon Q. Dixon, deceased. The defendants, children of the testator, were legatees and devisees under the will, each receiving specific devises of real estate, and sharing equally under the will in the personal property of testator, after the payment of his debts. Plaintiff claims under the seventh clause of the will, which is as follows:
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