Shields v. Kudrna

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding in which plaintiffs appeal from a decree declaring that they, as the lineal descendants of Sadie L. Cassady, are not entitled to take under the will of W. L. Cassady.

Sadie L. Cassady and W. L. Cassady were married in about 1933. No children were born as the issue of their marriage. Sadie had been married before, and the plaintiffs are her lineal descendants by her prior marriage. W. L. Cassady also had been married before, and the defendant, Edna Hazel Kudrna, is his daughter by his prior marriage.

On May 24, 1948 Sadie and her husband entered into a…