First Presbyterian Church v. Hammel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This appeal is from a judgment admitting to probate the separate wills of Luther W. Guest and his wife, Bertha M. Guest, who died residents of Clay County, and denying probate of an alleged lost or destroyed joint and contractual will alleged to have been formerly executed by them.

The Guests formerly lived in Nowata, Oklahoma, and came to Clay Center in about 1915, where they owned and operated a dry goods store. They were people who stayed pretty much to themselves, but through the years were extremely faithful and devoted members of The…