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DOWELL v. WELCH

No. 50446.

574 P.2d 1089 (1978)

In the Matter of the Estate of Chester A. Dowell, Deceased. Chester Ralph DOWELL, Appellant, v. Orpha WELCH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division 2.

Released for Publication January 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray A. Johnston, Wilburton, and James E. Gotcher, McAlester, for appellant.

William G. Jones, Wilburton, for appellee.

Released for Publication by Order of Court of Appeals January 26, 1978.

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

Was appellee, Orpha Welch, the paramour or common-law wife of the late Chester A. Dowell when he died April 8, 1976? Decedent's son, Chester Ralph Dowell, says she was no more than an intimate friend. The court who heard the evidence found, however, that she was the senior Dowell's surviving spouse. We affirm.

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