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IN RE ESTATE OF JONES

No. 40,122

179 Kan. 744 (1956)

298 P.2d 230

In the Matter of the Estate of David S. Jones, Deceased. RUTH ELIZABETH JONES, Appellant, v. JAMES D. JONES and BARBARA RUTH JONES KOMISKE, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris H. Cundiff, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Dale M. Bryant, Garner E. Shriver, Glenn J. Shanahan and Orlin L. Wagner, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

W.D. Jochems, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Stanley E. Wisdom, of Wichita, was with him on the briefs for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This appeal arises out of the administration of a decedent's estate, and the underlying question is concerned with a widow's election.

David S. Jones, a resident of Wichita, died on August 25, 1950, leaving as his heirs-at-law his widow, Ruth, and two grandchildren, James and Barbara, they being children of a prior deceased son.

He left a last will and testament which bequeathed and devised...

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