GAUNT v. KANSAS UNIV. ENDOW. ASS'N OF LAWRENCE, KAN.

No. 3121

379 P.2d 825 (1963)

Mame Avery GAUNT, Maurice P. Avery, Bruce W. Avery, Wilder L. Avery, and J. Glenn Sidlow, Appellants (Contestant-Plaintiffs below), v. The KANSAS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, A Non-profit Educational Corporation et al., Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Byron McHale, Greybull, for appellant.

Ernest J. Goppert, of Goppert & Fitzstephens, Cody, for appellees.

Before PARKER, C.J., and HARNSBERGER, GRAY and McINTYRE, JJ.


Mr. Justice McINTYRE delivered the opinion of the court.

Can a will admitted to probate in Wyoming be attacked in an action brought in a district court when the action is not made a part of the probate proceedings in which the will is being probated? Such is the question presented for our consideration in this case.

The will involved was admitted to probate in Big Horn County on May 5, 1961. On November 4, 1961, barely within six months, parties seeking to...

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