IN RE ESTATE OF CHRONISTER

No. 45,322

203 Kan. 366 (1969)

454 P.2d 438

In the Matter of the Estate of Mabel Belle Chronister, a/k/a Mabel Belle LaForce Chronister, Deceased. (L.K. MARSHALL, Executor, EVERETT CHRONISTER, ETHEL ZEIGLER, NAOMI UHLENHOPE, SAMUEL CHRONISTER, PAUL Q. CHRONISTER, NEAL C. MATHEWS, THELMA McKINLEY, ETHEL M. INMAN, LILLIE STEVENSON, DAISY EUTSLER, FLORENCE PROFFIT, LEE NANCE, MARY PRESSLY, KATIE SCHIEBER, GEORGE RUSSELL NANCE, ALLEN NANCE, RAYMOND NANCE, JAMES NANCE, ELLEN NANCE and the FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WINFIELD, KANSAS, Appellees, v. EDITH BYRD KESSINGER, LOLA CERVERA and GUY MATHEWS, Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.B. Skinner, of Junction City, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant, Edith Burd Kessinger, and Charles S. Scott, of Topeka, was on the brief for appellants, Lola Cervera and Guy D. Mathews.

Charles E. Bogan, of Abilene, argued the cause, and James G. Winn, also of Abilene, was with him on the brief for appellees, The First National Bank of Winfield and Paul Q. Chronister, and James P. Mize, of Salina, was on the brief for appellee, L.K. Marshall, Executor.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FONTRON, J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court of Dickinson County, Kansas, finding the joint will of Herbert Dix Chronister and his wife, Mabel Belle LaForce Chronister to be contractual. These parties will hereafter be referred to as Herbert and Mabel.

The facts are essentially undisputed. On September 4, 1951, Herbert and Mabel Chronister executed a joint will in which they bequeathed...

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