CAIN v. MORRISON

No. 46,972

212 Kan. 791 (1973)

512 P.2d 474

WAYNE R. CAIN, CONSERVATOR OF THE ESTATE OF VIOLA CAIN, and VIOLA E. CAIN, Appellees, v. MARVIN MORRISON and MARVA L. MORRISON, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Pinkerton, of Merkel & Pinkerton, Chartered, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellants.

Marvin C. Pendergraft, of Render, Kamas & Kelley, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

At issue in this case is the effectiveness of two deeds, each dealing with the same land, executed by the appellee Viola E. Cain in favor of her grandniece, the appellant Marva L. Morrison.

The story begins in 1947 when Viola Cain's husband died. The newly widowed Viola needed someone to help her look after her property and affairs, and she settled on her niece, Zaida Mae Morrison, whom she was educating...

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