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IN RE ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. 38,082

170 Kan. 308 (1950)

224 P.2d 1032

In the Matter of the Estate of SUSAN A. JOHNSON, Deceased. (J.H. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. JOSEPH BLANCHETT and ORVILLE BLANCHETT, Appellees.)

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 9, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. Hazzard, of Dodge City, argued the cause, and E. C. Minner, of Dodge City, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

James A. Williams, of Dodge City, argued the cause, and C. W. Hughes, of Dodge City, and F.N. Cossman, of Ashland, were with him on the briefs for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This appeal involves the construction of a prenuptial contract. The only question is whether, by its provisions, the husband renounced his right to inherit under the law of intestate succession a surviving spouse's undivided one-half interest in the property in question.

In June, 1930, Susan A. Blanchett and J.H. Johnson were about to be married. He owned certain property in the state of Idaho and...

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