IN RE ESTATE OF MARKHAM

No. 44,173

195 Kan. 436 (1965)

407 P.2d 239

In re Estate of Chester A. Markham, Deceased. CLIFFORD H. PUGH and JAMES R. BARR, Appellees, v. ELIZABETH MARKHAM STAPLIN, as an Individual and as Executrix of the Will and Estate of Chester A. Markham, Deceased, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Coulson, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Paul R. Kitch, Dale M. Stucky, Donald R. Newkirk, Gerrit H. Wormhoudt, Philip Kassebaum, John E. Rees, Robert T. Cornwell, Willard B. Thompson and David W. Buxton, all of Wichita, were with him on the brief for the appellants. Homer V. Gooing and Hugo T. Wedell, of counsel.

Clifford H. Pugh, of Wichita, argued the cause, and James R. Barr, of Wichita, was with him on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FONTRON, J.:

This is an appeal by Elizabeth Markham Staplin, both as an individual and as executrix of the estate of Chester A. Markham, deceased, from an order of the Sedgwick County District Court dismissing her appeal from a judgment of the probate court of that county.

The material facts are not in dispute. Pugh and Barr, the appellees herein, were attorneys for Mrs. Staplin, in the administration of the...

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