BRIDGEFORD v. ESTATE OF CHAMBERLIN

No. 49692.

573 P.2d 694 (1977)

Jessie BRIDGEFORD, Appellant, v. The ESTATE of C. E. CHAMBERLIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rucker, Tabor, McBride & Hopkins, Inc. by William D. Hunt, Tulsa, and Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas by Thomas F. Over-lander, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

W. Robert Wilson, Kane, Kane, Wilson & Mattingly, Pawhuska, for respondent.


DOOLIN, Justice:

Appellant, Jessie Bridgeford seeks reversal of a final decree of distribution and determination of heirship in the probate of a will, claiming to be the pretermitted, illegitimate daughter of the testator. The decree found appellant was not a pretermitted heir and thus not entitled to share in the estate.

At hearing on the final account, appellant submitted evidence that in January of 1917, testator, although pleading innocent, was found guilty...

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