IN RE ESTATE OF GILLEN

No. 43,144

191 Kan. 254 (1963)

380 P.2d 357

In the Matter of the Estate of Leslie O. Gillen, Deceased. NETA CLAIR GILLEN, Appellant, v. MARSHALL GILLEN, Executor of the Estate of Leslie O. Gillen, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry W. Saums, of Wichita, argued the cause and Robert T. Stephan and Eugene L. Pirtle, both of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Enos E. Hook, of Wichita, argued the cause and John H. Gerety and Sidney L. Foulston, Jr., both of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

JACKSON, J.:

In this case we have a widow attempting to show that the antenuptial contract, which she admits was entered into before her marriage to her late husband, did not bind her after her husband's death and that she is entitled to claim her interest in the husband's property under the laws of Kansas.

Mrs. Neta Clair Huckleberry and Leslie O. Gillen, both of whom had been married before, became engaged...

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