McAllister v. Fair
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Jewell district court; Richard M. Pickler, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, C. J.:
This was a proceeding begun in the probate court to obtain a distribution of the estate of Kate Brandt. She was killed by her husband on March 14, 1903, for the purpose of obtaining her property, and in a prosecution for the offense he was convicted of murder in the first degree and is now imprisoned in the penitentiary under a death sentence. She had no children, and under ordinary and normal circumstances her husband would inherit her estate. She left a personal estate said to be worth about $1000, and the husband assigned and…
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