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LAFFERTY v. SHEETS

No. 39,184

175 Kan. 741 (1954)

267 P.2d 962

REX A. LAFFERTY, Executor of the Will of J.W. Sheets and Medora Sheets, both deceased, and Named Trustee Therein, Appellant, v. JOSEPH EDWIN SHEETS, LALA BALDWIN SHEETS, JOSEPH EDWIN SHEETS, JR., and DOROTHY DREW, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.D. Hampson, of Fredonia, argued the cause, and Rex A. Lafferty, pro se, of Fredonia, was with him on the brief for the appellant.

John F. Eberhardt, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Charles E. Henshall, of Chanute, George J. Benson, of El Dorado, and Samuel E. Bartlett, of Wichita, were with him on the brief for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

THIELE, J.:

The question in this appeal is whether the district court erred in terminating a testamentary trust.

Under date of March 11, 1950, J.W. Sheets and Medora Sheets executed a joint last will and testament. Under its terms each gave the other a life estate with power of disposal and further provided:

II. "At the passing of the survivor of us, what property remains whether real, personal...

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