Coleman v. James
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, McOurtain County; C. E. Dudley, Judge.. Will contest by Lizzie Coleman (nee McCoy) against Mayo James, executor of the will of W. A. Coleman, deceased, and others. From a judgment of the district court, on the trial de novo on appeal from a judgment of the county court admitting the will to probate,, in favor of the defendants, denying the contest, and ordering the county court to probate the will, contestant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
The questions involved herein arise out of the contest of the will i of W. A. Coleman, deceased. The will, which disposed of the entire estate of the testator, did not include the name of Lizzie Coleman, the plaintiff in error, as beneficiary, and she, claiming to be his wife, contested the same before probate, alleging that the will is void and of no effect in this:
“That the testator was a married man at the time of his death, being married to this contestant, and said will attempts to bequeath and devise more thato two-thirds of his property away from his said wife, this contestant.”
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Reaves v. ReavesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1905
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- Topper v. PerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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