Bartlett v. Lahr

Thomas F. Bartlett executed his last will and testament December 10, 1903, at Lincoln, Nebraska. He died July 28, 1919, at Kansas City, Missouri, where he was then and had for many years been a legal resident. So far as material here, the will reads: “I will-and. bequeath all my Avordly effects to my wife, Cora Louise Bartlett.” The will was disallowed in the county court and Mrs. Bartlett appealed to the district court. Her suit was there dismissed on the ground that the will “was by implication revoked by the testator in his lifetime.” Thereupon she appealed to this court.

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