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JOHNSTONE v. PATTERSON

No. 40707.

418 P.2d 656 (1966)

Ben B. JOHNSTONE, Janet Smith formerly Johnston, Leota Johnston as residuary devisee under the last will and testament of Jerome B. Johnston, Deceased, and Leota Johnston as Executrix of the Estate of Jerome B. Johnston, Deceased, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Ray E. PATTERSON, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Varner & Miller, Poteau, for plaintiffs in error.

A.G. Windham, Poteau, Shaw, Jones & Shaw and Hugh M. Bland, Fort Smith, Ark., for defendant in error.

JACKSON, Vice Chief Justice.

The decisive question for decision in this case is whether the Young Women's Christian Association, a benevolent corporation of Topeka, Kansas, took title to two farms in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, under the last will and testament of Frank Babcock.

In 1912, Frank Babcock, a resident of Kansas, owned two farms in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. He devised these two farms in 1912 to the Young...

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