Legal Opinion

In re Dowell's Estate

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 25, 1954No. 35858Published

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This is an appeal by Harold P. Blackstone, beneficiary of a testamentary trust, from a judgment of the district court of Payne County, Oklahoma, denying his petition and application to terminate the trust. The trust was created by the will of Fannie Dowell, mother of appellant by a former marriage. The will was executed May 20, 1946, and appellant was made the sole beneficiary under such trust.

The will, after directing payment of her just debts and funeral expenses, bequeaths and devises unto Harold Blackstone all of the rest and residue of her property real and personal in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Donaldson v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
  2. Black v. BaileySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
  3. Townsend v. Charles Schalkenbach Home for Boys, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Thorne v. ThorneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915
  5. Searcy v. Lawrenceburg Nat. BankCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1950

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