IN RE ESTATE OF WRIGHT

No. 38,129

170 Kan. 600 (1951)

228 P.2d 911

In the Matter of the Estate of Raymond C. Wright and Ida Loraine Wright, both deceased; HERBERT C. PIZEL and MARJORIE M. PIZEL, parents and next of kin of Donald Lee Pizel, a minor, deceased, Appellants, v. W.C. WRIGHT, Administrator, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.W. Relihan, of Smith Center, argued the cause, and Terry E. Relihan and T.D. Relihan, also of Smith Center, were with him on the briefs for the appellants.

H.G. Engleman, of Salina, argued the cause, and LaRue Royce, E.S. Hampton, H.H. Dunham, Jr., and John Q. Royce, all of Salina, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

This is an action for damages for wrongful death brought by Herbert C. Pizel and Marjorie M. Pizel as the parents and next of kin of their deceased minor son, Donald Lee Pizel, against the estates of Raymond C. Wright and Ida Loraine Wright, grandparents of said decedent, both of whom were killed in the accident which took the life of their grandson. The probate court allowed the claim and an appeal was...

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