IN RE ESTATE OF SHAFFER

No. 45,295

203 Kan. 264 (1969)

454 P.2d 1

In the Matter of the Estate of Charles W. Shaffer, Also Known as Charles Wilmer Shaffer and C.W. Shaffer, Deceased. (FLORENCE E. MAHONEY and IRENE E. MILLS, Co-Administratrices of the Estate of Lutie M. Sawhill, Deceased, Appellants, v. HELEN M. HOLLAND and WILMER R. SHAFFER, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Charles W. Shaffer, Deceased, Appellees.)

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom C. Triplett, of Wichita, argued the cause, and George B. Collins, Robert Martin, K.W. Pringle, Jr., William F. Schell, Robert M. Collins, William L. Oliver, Jr. and William V. Crank, all of Wichita, and Thomas M. Burns and Peter J. Wall, of Denver, Colorado, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

Michael S. Holland, of Russell, argued the cause, and Herbert N. Holland, also of Russell, was with him on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FONTRON, J.:

This appeal stems from an order of the District Court of Russell County, Kansas, dismissing a petition for the allowance of demand filed in probate court against the estate of Charles W. Shaffer and denying a motion for leave to file an amended petition.

Mr. Shaffer died March 1, 1966. On March 15, 1966, Helen M. Holland and Wilmer R. Shaffer, the decedent's sole and only heirs, were appointed...

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