HAWKINS v. HITCHCOCK

No. 39190.

365 P.2d 971 (1961)

Mabel Rosenwinkle HAWKINS, Plaintiff in Error, v. Catherine HITCHCOCK, Administratrix, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1961.

Application for Leave to File Second Petition for Rehearing Denied November 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claud Briggs, Carrol Womack, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

W.S. Horton, W.J. Hulsey, McAlester, for defendant in error.


BERRY, Justice.

On April 27, 1959, Claud Hawkins, hereafter referred to as "decedent", died intestate a resident of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

On May 1, 1959, defendant in error, Catherine Hitchcock, hereafter referred to as "petitioner", filed in the County Court of Pittsburg County a petition for letters of administration of decedent's estate. In so far as material to the issues presented by this appeal, she alleged in said petition that she was the daughter...

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