Case Name: JOHNSON et al. v. STATLER
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1927-04-05
Citations: 125 Okla. 173
Docket Number: No. 16649
Parties: JOHNSON et al. v. STATLER.
Judges: BRANSÓN, O. J., MASO'N, V. O. J.. and LESTER, CLARK, RILEY, and HEFNER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 173–174

Head Matter:
JOHNSON et al. v. STATLER.
No. 16649.
Opinion Filed April 5, 1927.
Rehearing Denied June 21, 1927.
E. N. Jones, for plaintiffs in error.
Busby & I-Iarr'ell, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
PHELPS, J.
By stipulation this cause was consolidated with cause No. 16648, Julia Johnson et al. v. American Trust Company et al. (this day decided), 125 Okla. 172, 256 Pac. 925, and in this case it is conceded that plaintiff's right to recover is dependent entirely upon Julia Johnson's being declared the lawful wife' of Mose Pettigrew at the time of his death and Foster P'ettigrew and Hinabe Pettigrew being the legitimate offspring of Julia Johnsom and Mose Pettigrew, and, in view of the fact that this court has by opinion in said case No. 16648, this day filed, affirmed the judgment of the district court of Pontotoc county holding that Mose Pettigrew and Julia Johnson were not husband and wife at the date of the death of. Mose Pettigrew and that Foster Pettigrew and Hinabe Pettigr'ew were not the legitimate children of Mose Pettigrew and Julia Johnson, but were the illegitimate children of Julia, it necessari y. fóííóws that the judgment of the district eifilit of Pontotoc county in this cause must be, and is hereby, in all things affirmed.
BRANSÓN, O. J., MASO'N, V. O. J.. and LESTER, CLARK, RILEY, and HEFNER, JJ., concur.
¡Note. — See 4 C. J. p. 879, §2853; 2 R. O. L. p. 194; 1 R. C. L. Supp. p. 433; 4 R. C. L. Supp. p. 90; 5 R. C L. Supp. p. 79'; 6 R C; L. Supp. 73.