Payton v. Shipley
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pontotoc County ; J. W. Bolen, Judge. Proceedings for probate of will of Philip Payton; Nancy Bell 'Shipley, xiroponent, and Noah Payton, contestant. Judgment admitting will to probate, and contestant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
Philip Payton was a full-blood Choctaw Indian, a mute, -and at the time of his death was under guardianship on the grounds of incompeteney. He was the owner of an allotment of land, consisting of 320 acres, and money in the bank in the sum of $1,743.66, which was the proceeds of a sale of inherited lands by him under guardianship proceedings as an incompetent.
On the 7th day of March, 1914, Payton devised and bequeathed practically his entire estate to Nancy Bell Shipley, the wife of his guardian. -Pie departed this life on the 16th day of December, 1917. His last will and testament was…
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