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IN RE ESTATE OF BROWN

No. 42,451

189 Kan. 193 (1962)

368 P.2d 27

In the Matter of the Estate of A.J. Brown, Deceased. BESSIE W. BROWN AXTON, Appellant, v. DALLAS W. KNAPP, Administrator, RALPH ALTER and GERALDINE ANDERSON, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 20, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.R. Lamb, of Coffeyville, argued the cause, and Paul A. Lamb, of Coffeyville, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Bert J. Vance, of Garden City, argued the cause, and A.M. Fleming, of Garden City, Charles H. Fleming, of Scott City, and Clement H. Hall, of Coffeyville, were with him on the briefs for the appellees Ralph Alter and Geraldine Anderson.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

This was an action by plaintiff Bessie Ally, now Bessie Ally Brown Axton, to construe the terms of an antenuptial contract entered into between her and A.J. Brown, now deceased, and to recover against Brown's estate money due her under the terms of the contract. The pertinent facts follow.

In April, 1943, A.J. Brown, the deceased, then seventy-two years of age, a retired railroad employee, successful...

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