Cawood Bros. v. Wolfley
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Nemaha District Court. Proceedings by G. F. Cawood and Charles Cawood, partners as Cawood Bros., against Theodore Wolfley, as administrator of the estate of N. Morris, deceased, to enforce a claim against said estate. Plaintiffs had been clerks in the store of the deceased. On September 22, 1891, judgment was rendered for plaintiffs for $2,745.04, and graded as fifth class. They complain of the judgment rendered, and bring it here for review.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Allen, J.: The sole question presented by the record in this case is whether, in the classification of demands against the estate of a deceased person, the wages of a clerk employed by the decedent in his store for a period prior to his last illness are to be included, under the provisions of section 80, chapter 37, of the General Statutes of 1889, in the second class. The first part of the section reads as follows :
“All demands against the estate of any deceased person shall be divided into the following classes: *282First, funeral expenses; second,…
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