IN RE BLAYDES' ESTATE

No. 33564.

202 Okla. 558 (1950)

216 P.2d 277

In re BLAYDES' ESTATE.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Sullivan, of Duncan, and Byron G. McCollough, of Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs in error.

L.A. Winans, of Duncan, Bailey & Hammerly, of Chickasha, and Brown & Cund, of Duncan, for defendants in error.


DAVISON, C.J.

This appeal involves the interpretation and application of section 44 of Title 84 O.S. 1941, known as the "forced heir statute."

J.A. Blaydes and Virgie E. Blaydes were husband and wife at the time of the death of Mr. Blaydes on November 18, 1944. They had been such for more than 36 years having been married in 1908, each having one child by a former marriage. No children were born of this union. At the time of their marriage Mr. Blaydes owned...

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