PONINA v. LELAND

No. 5660.

454 P.2d 16 (1969)

Allie PONINA, also known as Allie Paulina, Appellant, v. Robert LELAND, Administrator of the Estate of Paul Ponina, also known as Paul Paulina, Deceased; Nemsina DeGarmo, Frank John, and Mamie Gibbs, Heirs, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bouvier & Harper, Reno, for appellant.

Lohse & Lohse, Leslie B. Gray, Bradley & Drendel, William N. Dunseath, Reno, McKay, Panner, Johnson & Marceau, Bend, Or., for respondents.


OPINION

COLLINS, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order determining heirship and a holding that Allie Ponina was not the wife and hence not the widow of Paul Ponina, deceased. We reverse that ruling and declare that Allie and Paul were husband and wife at the time of his death. She is therefore entitled to share in his estate as his widow.

Allie Ponina is an aged (71 years) full-blooded Paiute Indian and a member of the Pyramid Lake-Nixon Tribe...

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