Legal Opinion

Frontier Lodge No. 104 v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided March 10, 1934No. 31,506PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*76The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This action brought by Frontier Lodge No. 104, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Washington, Kansas, a corporation, against the heirs at law of Barton S. Wilson, to establish and enforce specific performance of a contract said to have been made between Barton S. Wilson and his wife, Lydia Wilson, to leave by their wills their property to the plaintiff lodge. They did each make the plaintiff lodge the residuary legatee, but wills are revocable while contracts are irrevocable. The action is therefore not based on a will but on an alleged…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Anderson v. AndersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  2. Bichel v. OliverSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
  3. Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1919
  4. Menke v. DuweSupreme Court of Kansas · 1924
  5. Nelson v. SchoonoverSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Estate of Wade v. DetarSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
  2. In Re Estate of MillerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960
  3. Paull v. EarlywineSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1945
  4. In Re Estate of ChronisterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
  5. Eikmeier v. EikmeierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953

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