Navajo Nation Supreme Court, 1978

In re the Estate of Fulton

In re the Estate of Fulton
Navajo Nation Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1978 · Kirk, Nation
1 Navajo Rptr. 243
In re the Estate of Fulton

Opinion of the Court

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

The Appeal in the above-entitled matter having been received and considered by the Chief Justice pursuant to 7 N.T.C. Section 451, the Court finds:

While the District Judge has made a preliminary finding of heirs, the estate has not yet been distributed and there has not been a final accounting.
2. As there has been no distribution or final accounting, there is no final order which can be appealed from.

Therefore, the Appeal in the above-entitled matter, filed the 16th day of May, 1977, is hereby DISMISSED.

Dated this 16th day of June, 1977.

. Virgil L. Kirk, Sr. Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation

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