Legal Opinion

Paddock v. Pulsifer

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1890PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error from Cloud District Court.' On the lltk day of February, 1886, Park B. Pulsifer, as administrator with the will annexed of David Robertson, deceased, John Robertson, Isabel Temple and Mattie Ellis filed their petition against Mary J. Paddock, and Alice Bourgeois, Anna Mealy, Margaret Reid, David Robertson and Jessie Snowey, which, omitting caption, is as follows: “Plaintiffs say: That on the 11th day of February, 1886, the plaintiff, Park B. Pulsifer, was duly…

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Error from Cloud District Court.' On the lltk day of February, 1886, Park B. Pulsifer, as administrator with the will annexed of David Robertson, deceased, John Robertson, Isabel Temple and Mattie Ellis filed their petition against Mary J. Paddock, and Alice Bourgeois, Anna Mealy, Margaret Reid, David Robertson and Jessie Snowey, which, omitting caption, is as follows: “Plaintiffs say: That on the 11th day of February, 1886, the plaintiff, Park B. Pulsifer, was duly appointed and qualified, and letters of administration were granted to him, as administrator with the will annexed of the estate…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

David Bobertson died at the home of his married daughter, Mrs. Mary J. Paddock, in Cloud county, in this state, on January 10, 1886, aged about seventy. His wife died many years before. He had been suffering from paralysis nearly two years. He left surviving him several children. At the time of his death he owned $1,100 of notes. A few weeks before his death he had the legal title to and was in the possession of the northwest quarter of section 32, township 5, range 1, in Cloud county. Bobertson executed a will on the 22d day of October,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Highberger v. StifflerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1864
  2. Jacox v. JacoxMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Yeamans v. JamesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
  4. Greer v. HigginsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878
  5. Northrup v. HottensteinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Nobles v. HuttonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907
  2. Cardenas v. OrtizNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Howard v. CarterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
  4. Henks v. PanningSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953
  5. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911

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