Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 84-142
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Death of devisee or legatee before testator - Rights of
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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 84. Wills and Succession Page 22
When any estate is devised or bequeathed to any child or other
relation of the testator, and the devisee or legatee dies before the
testator, leaving lineal descendants, such descendants take the
estate so given by the will, in the same manner as the devisee or
legatee would have done had he survived the testator. R.L. 1910,
Sec. 8376; Laws 1945, p. 414, Sec. 1.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 84. Wills and Succession Page 22
When any estate is devised or bequeathed to any child or other
relation of the testator, and the devisee or legatee dies before the
testator, leaving lineal descendants, such descendants take the
estate so given by the will, in the same manner as the devisee or
legatee would have done had he survived the testator. R.L. 1910,
Sec. 8376; Laws 1945, p. 414, Sec. 1.
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