Reed v. Lindsten

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal by the next of kin of an intestate decedent, Gordon L. Weaver, from an order of the district court of Cheyenne County, Kansas, appointing three co-administrators to serve the estate. The substance of the order of the district court was a refusal to appoint the nominee of the next of kin as the sole administrator of the estate, thereby forcing upon the next of kin unwanted co-administrators whose interests were adverse to the next of kin.

The appeal calls for application of K. S. A. 59-705 (1) to the facts presented by the…