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MATTER OF ESTATE OF MAHERAS

No. 78211.

897 P.2d 268 (1995)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Evelyn Afton MAHERAS, Deceased. Richard H. SUAGEE, Appellee and Counter-Appellant, v. Dr. William H. COOK, Appellant and Counter-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Inglish, Okmulgee, for appellee and counter-appellant.

Bruce W. Robinett, John M. Keefer, Bartlesville, for appellant and counter-appellee.

OPALA, Justice.

The dispositive issue presented on certiorari is whether a third party, who receives no personal benefit from a decedent's will, may be regarded in law as capable of unduly influencing a will's procurement or its making? We answer in the affirmative.

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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

Evelyn Afton Maheras [Maheras or decedent] died testate on January 16, 1991 at the...

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