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IN RE ESTATE OF WAUGH

No. 40,941

183 Kan. 120 (1958)

325 P.2d 38

In the Matter of the Estate of Myrtle I. Waugh, Deceased. (THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Appellant, v. RUTH HAGAN, Administratrix, and GORDON M. GOODWIN, Appellees.)

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 10, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.A. Babicki, of Topeka, argued the cause, and John Anderson, Jr., Attorney General, Hart Workman, Charles V. Hamm, and Paul F. Casey, all of Topeka, were with him on the brief for the appellant.

Richard L. Becker, of Coffeyville, argued the cause, and Morris D. Hildreth, of Coffeyville, was with him on the brief for the appellee, Gordon M. Goodwin.

Dallas W. Knapp and Charles D. Knapp, both of Coffeyville, were on the brief for the appellee, Ruth Hagan, administratrix.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

JACKSON, J.:

The dispute in this appeal is between two claimants in the estate of Myrtle I. Waugh, deceased. The appellant State Department of Social Welfare had its claim for $1,948.73 allowed against the estate on June 27, 1956. This claim was based upon assistance furnished to decedent during her lifetime and was apparently allowed as a fourth class claim. The claim of...

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