PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS CO. v. LASSWELL

No. 38,248

171 Kan. 108 (1951)

229 P.2d 763

THE PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. CLYDE LASSWELL, Administrator of the Estate of HARVEY J. LASSWELL, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion Beatty, of Topeka, argued the cause, and L.M. Ascough, Harry K. Allen, John K. Corkhill, Edward H. Sondker and Ernest J. Rice, all of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Ralph W. Oman, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Robert Stone, James A. McClure, Robert L. Webb and Robert A. McClure, all of Topeka, and John W. Brookens, of Westmoreland, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, J.:

This appeal arises from a proceeding commenced in the probate court to establish a claim against the estate of a deceased person.

Harvey J. Lasswell, a resident of Pottawatomie county, died intestate on September 27, 1948, from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. Shortly after his death the Pacific Intermountain Express Company, a corporation, commenced proceedings in the probate court...

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