In Re Estate of Shaffer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This appeal stems from an order of the District Court of Russell County, Kansas, dismissing a petition for the allowance of demand filed in probate court against the estate of Charles W. Shaffer and denying a motion for leave to file an amended petition.

Mr. Shaffer died March 1, 1966. On March 15, 1966, Helen M. Holland and Wilmer R. Shaffer, the decedent’s sole and only heirs,, were appointed joint administrators of his estate, and published notice of appointment two days later. On November 18, 1966, some eight months thereafter, an…