Legal Opinion

Brothers v. Adams

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided December 7, 1940No. 34,863PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action to set aside assignments of personal property on account of mental incapacity of, and undue influence and fraud exercised upon, the assignor. Judgment was for the plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.

The action was instituted by Ira Brothers. In his petition he alleged that he was the sole heir at law of his deceased wife, Effle Brothers, who died September 1, 1938; that the defendant, Otto Adams, was not in any way related to plaintiff or his deceased wife; that plaintiff and his wife were married September 9, 1929, and had lived…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Delafield v. . ParishNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  2. State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  3. Woodbury v. WoodburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  4. State ex rel. Hopkins v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1924
  5. Stoner v. WilsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1934

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Fred T. McKibben v. Janet A. Chubb, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc., Leland Morris, Jr., and Virginia MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  2. Myers v. Shell Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1941
  3. State Ex Rel. Fatzer v. Zale Jewelry Co. of Wichita, Inc.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1956
  4. Jacks v. CloughleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
  5. Livingston v. RiceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955

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