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KENT v. CHASE, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR

No. 48,261

1 Kan. App. 2d 251 (1977)

563 P.2d 1103

R.A. KENT, Appellant, v. HAROLD H. CHASE, Special Administrator of the Estate of Andrew T. Hicks, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Q. Royce, of Hampton, Royce, Engleman & Nelson, of Salina, for the appellant.

Aubrey G. Linville, of Clark, Mize, & Linville, Chartered, of Salina, for the appellee.

Before HARMAN, C.J., ABBOTT and PARKS, JJ.

PARKS, J.:

The single question in this case is whether a Kansas probate court has jurisdiction to appoint a special administrator for a nonresident decedent for the sole purpose of enforcing a tort claim against him when the decedent owned no property located in Kansas, but had an automobile liability insurance policy which was physically located in the state of his residence.

The parties stipulated to the following facts: On December 20, 1972, Andrew T. Hicks...

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