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IN RE ESTATE OF MEAD

No. 38,100

170 Kan. 435 (1951)

226 P.2d 831

In the Matter of the Estate of Elizabeth Mead, Deceased, J.I. McDONALD, et al., Appellants, v. WILLIAM T. YATES, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl V. Shawver and Karl V. Shawver, Jr., both of Paola, argued the cause and were on the briefs for the appellant.

L. Perry Bishop, of Paola, and Ray S. Pierson, of Burlington, argued the cause, and Bernard L. Sheridan and J. M. Sullivant, both of Paola, and William A. Buckles, of Burlington, were with them on the briefs for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

THIELE, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, holding that a purported last will and testament was not entitled to probate.

The purported will was made by Elizabeth Mead on October 4, 1948. Under its terms she devised to her niece, Elizabeth Carter, a tract of real estate in Paola, Kansas, and bequeathed and devised to John I. McDonald and Letha...

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