Legal Opinion

Baughman v. Baughman

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1883PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error from Wilson District Court. At the February Term, 1882, of the district court, plaintiffs, P. C. Baughman and Barbara Baughman, recovered a judgment against defendant, Mary Baughman, who brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

Defendants in error are the parents of one D. P. Baughman, deceased. As parents they claim to be his sole heirs. Plaintiff in error, defendant below, claims to have been the wife, and to be the widow of said D. P. Baughman, and therefore, there being no children, the sole heir. The single issue presented is, whether plaintiff in error was legally,married to said D. P. Baughman, and therefore, as his widow, legally entitled to inherit his property. In support of her claim to the fact of the legal marriage, and that she was the widow of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  2. Furrow v. ChapinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  3. French v. PeaseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
  4. Gill v. S. Kaufman & Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1876

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Baughman v. BaughmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
  2. Newton v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  3. Watson v. LawrenceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913

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