GOODWIN v. THOMAS

No. 7920.

346 F.2d 40 (1965)

Glen C. GOODWIN, Guardian of the Person and Estate of Rachel M. Everett, formerly Rachel M. Miller, Appellant, v. Carmen THOMAS, Rita Scott, Ruth Tate, Lenore Wohlfeld, also known as Lee Wholfeld, and Mildred Wills, also known as Mildred Wells, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

May 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Rorschach, Vinita, Okl., and John A. Ruth, Kingfisher, Okl. (Jere G. Crowley, Enid, Okl., on the brief), for appellant.

J. C. Drennan, Medford, Okl. (Drennan and Drennan, Medford, Okl., on the brief), for appellees.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and LEWIS and SETH, Circuit Judges.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant commenced this action as a suit to quiet title to several Oklahoma farm tracts. Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. The issue is the proper construction to be given to certain devises in the will of the decedent, Dr. Edward B. Miller, as decreed in probate proceedings by the County Court of Grant County, Oklahoma. In these proceedings, the probate court found that the property of the decedent should pass in accordance...

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