IN RE ESTATE OF SUMMERS

No. 41,140

184 Kan. 62 (1959)

334 P.2d 373

In re Estate of Anna E. Summers. (A.S. MORGAN, Appellee, v. KENNETH P. ROCKHILL, Administrator, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Forbes, of Eureka, argued the cause, and Thomas C. Forbes and Harold G. Forbes, both of Eureka, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

T.D. Hampson, of Fredonia, and Harry L. Depew, of Neodesha, argued the cause and were on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROBB, J.:

This action arose in the nature of a claim filed in the probate court against the estate of Anna E. Summers who died intestate on September 2, 1955, and sought specific performance of an oral contract wherein decedent was to devise property to claimant as consideration for claimant's services and care of decedent and her husband during their lifetimes.

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