Smith v. Holden

The defendants offered for probate, as the will of Sarah A. Smith, deceased, the following instrument:

“It is my desire that the amounts herein below shall be distributed as follows : Of the moneys now in the hands of W. A. L. Thompson Hardware Company, of Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Emma Holden, for the use of her son Kenneth, eight hundred dollars ($800), and to Richard L. Holden fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) ; payable to R. L. Holden, July 1, and Emma, November 1, 1889. And, further, that Sallie M. Merritt, Lizzie H. Latham, Nannie B. Battey, Ida M. Holden and Ida S. Thompson shall pay Richard L.…