by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Ben Cartwright makes a solemn promise that the entire estate of dying skinflint Jake Smith (Burt Mustin will go to Jake's next of kin, Meredith Smith. But Ben never expected to be besieged by six different people, all laying claim to be the Meredith Smith-among them a woman named Meredith (Anne Helm) and a scroungy hillbilly known as Little Meredith (the great Strother Martin). Also in the cast are Robert Colbert as Ace, Winnie Coffin as Widow Smith, Guy Lee as Ah Chow, and Robert Sorrells as the Cowby. First shown on October 21, 1965, this comic episode was written by Lois Hire.
