Mitchell v. Cloyes

WILLIAMS, Justice.

The single question presented for our determination in this appeal is whether or not the district courts of this State have jurisdiction to grant original probate of a will disposing of real property in Oklahoma when the testator, a Kansas resident, executed his will in Kansas and also died there. 1

Dorothy Mary Mitchell, the petitioner in the trial court and appellant in this appeal was a sister of the testator, Arthur Pearson Cloyes. On March 27, 1978, she filed a “Petition for Probate of Will” in Ellis County District Court. 2

On May 18, 1978, a “Contest of Wills, Objection…