Greenwalt v. Keller
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Smith district court; Richard M. Pick-ler, judge. STATEMENT. William Bunt at the time of his death was the owner of the real estate in controversy. He left a widow, Eliza Bunt, and a daughter, Mary Greenwalt, and other heirs. His last will and testament reads: “Be it known that I, William Bunt, have this 4th day of June, 1895, made this, my last will, as follows: “First.
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Error from Smith district court; Richard M. Pick-ler, judge. STATEMENT. William Bunt at the time of his death was the owner of the real estate in controversy. He left a widow, Eliza Bunt, and a daughter, Mary Greenwalt, and other heirs. His last will and testament reads: “Be it known that I, William Bunt, have this 4th day of June, 1895, made this, my last will, as follows: “First. I wish my wife, Eliza Bunt, to have all my property of every kind that I may own at my death, to have for her own use and benefit while she may live. And at her death all 'property that may be left by her, first I…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Graves, J.:
A suit to quiet title to the real estate in controversy was commenced by Mary Greenwalt in the district court of Smith county against N. E. Keller and'wife. The defendants demurred to the petition, and the court sustained the demurrer. Judgment was entered for costs against the plaintiff, who brings the case here for review. The sole question decided by the trial court, and the only one presented here, is, What estate did Eliza Bunt take under the will of her husband, William Bunt — a. life-estate merely, or a life-estate with the power of…
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