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IN RE ESTATE OF WURTZ

No. 47,222

214 Kan. 434 (1974)

520 P.2d 1308

In the Matter of the Estate of Emma M. Wurtz, Deceased. GERALDINE MEYER and VERNUS LANGE, Appellants, v. RALPH J. WURTZ and HERMAN J. WURTZ, Individually and as Executors of the Estate of Emma M. Wurtz, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 6, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don W. Noah, of Beloit, argued the cause, and Jerry L. Harrison, of Beloit, was with him on the brief for the appellants.

H.N. Hyland, of Washington, argued the cause, and Lee R. Stanford, of Concordia, was with him on the brief for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

This is a family dispute in which two sisters are pitted against two brothers over the terms of their mother's will. The ultimate issue is whether the two brothers have forfeited the right to exercise an option, granted to them by the will, to purchase at a discount 180 acres of Washington county farm land owned by their mother at the time of her death.

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