Gray v. Holmes
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Bourbon District Court. Hon. S. H. Allen, Judge. The original action was brought by B. F. Holmes and Una Holmes against Elizabeth E. Huffman and Matilda Gray for the partition of certain real estate of which Adam Huffman died seized, the same not being necessary for the payment of debts. Adam Huffman married Sophronia Gray, daughter of B. "W. and Sarah Gray, in 1860. William H. Huffman ivas born in July, 1861, the only child of said marriage.
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Error from Bourbon District Court. Hon. S. H. Allen, Judge. The original action was brought by B. F. Holmes and Una Holmes against Elizabeth E. Huffman and Matilda Gray for the partition of certain real estate of which Adam Huffman died seized, the same not being necessary for the payment of debts. Adam Huffman married Sophronia Gray, daughter of B. "W. and Sarah Gray, in 1860. William H. Huffman ivas born in July, 1861, the only child of said marriage. Sarah Gray died intestate January 1, 1862. Her daughter, Sophronia J. Huffman, died intestate January 7,1862, and said child William H.…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, C, J.
1. Inheritance by adopted child. I. It was assumed but not decided in Renz v. Drury, ante, page 84, that a child adopted in a sister state in substantial compliance with her statutes, would inherit lands of the deceased adopting parent in this State on equal terms with a child of such parent born in wedlock. This proposition, however, is now earnestly controverted by the plaintiffs in error. Counsel says that Alice Ann Adamson could not have inherited from Adam Huffman in the absence of sections 6 and 7 of chapter 67 of the General Statutes of 1889 ( ¶ ¶ 3873, 3874), relating to…
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