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IN RE ESTATE OF BERNATZKI

No. 45,437

204 Kan. 131 (1969)

460 P.2d 527

In the Matter of the Estate of Joe Bernatzki, Deceased. MARY VEACH, Proponent of the Last Will, Appellant, v. ELIZABETH STIEBE, MARGARET MULFORD, RICHARD BERNATZKI, CLYDE J. HOWERTON, Contestants of the Last Will, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 8, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Pringle, of Great Bend, argued the cause, and Melvin O. Nuss, Vernon L. Nuss, Leonard A. Birzer and Gary Lee Kaufman, all of Great Bend, were with him on the brief for the appellant.

Rae E. Batt, of Kinsley, argued the cause, and J. Byron Meeks, also of Kinsley, was with him on the brief for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FONTRON, J.:

This case involves the validity of a will. Mary Veach, to whom we will refer hereafter either as plaintiff or by name, is the proponent of the purported last will and testament of her brother, Joe Bernatzki. Joe's three children, Elizabeth Stiebe, Richard Bernatzki and Margaret Mulford are contesting the will on the basis of both undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity. We shall refer to these...

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