Blanset v. Cardin
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIBCUIT COUBT OF APPEALS FOE THE EIGHTH CIBCUIT. This was a suit in the District Court of the Eastern District of Oklahoma, brought by the present appellant, to assert an interest in land, claimed by him as heir of his wife, and by the defendants as devisees in her will. The District Court dismissed the bill and the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decree. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Appellant brought this suit to have himself declared to be owner of an undivided one-third interest in all lands (they are described in the bill) and other property of which his wife, Fannie Crawfish Blanset, died seised or possessed, free and clear of all claims and demands of the appellees; and to declare void a will of his wife and its approval by the Secretary of the Interior.
The basis of the bill is the contention that under the laws of Oklahoma no man and no woman while married shall bequeath more than two-thirds of his or her property away from the other and that the prohibition…
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