The court held that no-contest clauses in wills are valid and enforceable when they do not violate public policy or a rule of law, but must be strictly construed against forfeiture.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1983
Published opinions from 1983. The case name opens the case page.
1983 opinions
OklahomaRonald L. Uptegraft, Jr., Plaintiff v. the Home Insurance Company, a Foreign Insurance Corporation and Oklahoma…
April 20, 1983662 P.2d 681
The court answered the certified question in the negative: an insured’s failure to sue an uninsured motorist within the tort limitations period does not, by itself, discharge the insurer’s uninsured-motorist liability.