Shope v. Shope

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This was an action by the beneficiaries and joint executors of the last will and testament of the late Jake H. Shope, of Meridian, Logan county, Oklahoma, against a claimant to an interest in his estate.

The testator died in Oklahoma on February 20, 1937. By his will he devised his entire estate to these plaintiffs, Benjamin and Gaye Shope, husband and wife. They, too, were residents of Meridian, Okla., and by the will they were named as joint executors.

The devised estate consisted chiefly of a 120-acre farm in Franklin county, Kansas, and…