IN RE ESTATE OF TRAVIS

No. 38450.

202 N.W.2d 185 (1972)

189 Neb. 242

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Ernest TRAVIS, Deceased. Howard TRAVIS, Appellant, v. Manford TRAVIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright & Simmons, John F. Wright, John F. Simmons, Scottsbluff, for appellant.

Van Steenberg, Winner & Brower, Scottsbluff, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, NEWTON, and CLINTON, JJ.


McCOWN, Justice.

This is an action to construe the will of Ernest Travis. The sole issue is whether an inter vivos cancellation of certain indebtedness from one son during the lifetime of the testator should be accounted for and included in the division and distribution of the decedent's estate. The district court construed the will to require accounting for the indebtedness of $15,000 in the distribution of the property of the estate. The debtor son has appealed...

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