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ELLIS v. SILL

No. 42,850

190 Kan. 300 (1962)

374 P.2d 213

HAROLD ELLIS, As Next of Kin of Harold Warren Ellis, Deceased, Appellee, v. CLAUDE ELLISON SILL, HENRY MARTELL, RICHARD TEICHGRAEBER, and HENRY MARTELL and RICHARD TEICHGRAEBER d/b/a EUREKA DRILLING COMPANY, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed August 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Sawatzky, of Wichita, argued the cause, and George Forbes, of Eureka, and George B. Powers, Carl T. Smith, John F. Eberhardt, Stuart R. Carter, Robert C. Foulston, Malcolm Miller, Robert N. Partridge, Robert M. Siefkin, Richard C. Harris, Donald L. Cordes and Robert L. Howard, all of Wichita, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

O.J. Connell, Jr., and Gale Moss, both of El Dorado, argued the cause and were on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This is an action for wrongful death. Defendants have appealed from an order overruling their demurrer to the petition.

The primary question presented is this:

Under our wrongful-death statute — where no personal representative of the decedent has been appointed — and where the decedent leaves no surviving spouse — are all of the next of kin of decedent indispensable...

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