Williams v. McKinney
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Douglas District Court. This action was brought by the plaintiffs to effect a partition of the northeast quarter of section 30, township 14, in range 20, containing 160 acres, and a strip of land in the northwest quarter of the same section, containing about 23 acres, all of which is situate in Douglas county.
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Error from, Douglas District Court. This action was brought by the plaintiffs to effect a partition of the northeast quarter of section 30, township 14, in range 20, containing 160 acres, and a strip of land in the northwest quarter of the same section, containing about 23 acres, all of which is situate in Douglas county. The plaintiffs and defendants are the children of William McKinney and Nancy McKinney his wife, now deceased, excepting Frederick Hindman and Nora Hindman, who are the minor children of Sally A. Hindman, a deceased daughter of said William and Nancy McKinney. The parties all…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
The evident purpose of this action is • to obtain a construction of the will made by William McKinney on September 24,1867, and under which all the parties to the action claim. The case turns upon the single question whether by the terms of the will Nancy McKinney, the widow, took an estate in fee simple, or only a life estate, in the lands in controversy. The plaintiffs claim that upon the death of William McKinney his widow became the absolute owner of the lands, and that when she died intestate the lands descended to the plaintiffs and…
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