Legal Opinion
Matter of Estate of Hixon
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 26, 1985No. 58236PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMA WILSON, Justice.
Arlie Cecil Hixon died testate on May 13, 1980. The decedent left surviving him a widow, Wilma Hixon, and two children, Lyman Leroy Hixon and Aleñe Hixon Stinson, both of a prior marriage. By his Last Will and Testament, dated December 10, 1979, the decedent devised to his wife of 42 years a life estate in two farms, with a remainder interest to the surviving children:
“I hereby give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Wilma Hixon, for and during her lifetime, she to have and enjoy all of the income and benefits of whatsoever kind, nature and source during her lifetime, from…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Riggs v. Del DragoSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Roy B. Thompson, Jr., of the Will of Roy B. Thompson, Deceased v. Earl R. Wiseman, District Director of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
- Miller v. First National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Stowell v. HastingsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1887
- In Re the Estate of FullertonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1962
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3Cited by8 opinions
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