Gemmell v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Chase District Cowrt. EjectmeNT, brought by Gemmell against Wilson, for the northeast quarter of section 20, township 20, range 9 east, Chase county.
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Error from Chase District Cowrt. EjectmeNT, brought by Gemmell against Wilson, for the northeast quarter of section 20, township 20, range 9 east, Chase county. On the trial, at the July term, 1884, plaintiff introduced evidence showing title in Robert H. Ives, plaintiff’s testator, and offered in evidence an authenticated copy of the last will and testament of the said Robert H. Ives, and the several pages on the record of wills of Chase county containing the record of said will, and the several certificates in authentication of the same, as the same had been recorded by the judge of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
The one question presented is, Did the court err in excluding a certified copy of the will, and the record of the probate court of the same in Chase county? Plaintiff, to establish a chain of title, offered a certified copy of the will of Robert H. Ives, and the authentication of the *765same, and the record of said will and authentication in Chase county. This will and the record, if admitted in evidence, would establish title in the plaintiff. The only objection urged against its admission is that the probate court of Chase county made no order directing the will to be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilt v. CutlerMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
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