Legal Opinion
United States v. McCarty
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1944No. 2890PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
The sole question presented by this appeal is whether under the law of Oklahoma a husband who abandoned his lawful wife and contracted a bigamous marriage -with' another woman and thereafter lived and cohabited with her, may claim a share in the deceased wife’s estate according to the law of descent and distribution. The facts are not in dispute.
Sallie Norton, a full-blood Cherokee Indian, was married to Fred Norton, a white man, on August 12, 1935, at which time she had a son, Oscar Chuwalooky, by a former marriage. Fred abandoned Sallie, and on January 10, 1937,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- De Graffenreid v. Iowa Land & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- Arthur v. IsraelSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890
- Holloway v. McCormickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Brown v. ParksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Copeland v. CopelandSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
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3Cited by4 opinions
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