Pizel v. Pizel

Meyer, J.:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for plaintiffs (appellees), quieting title to real property in favor of appellees, as takers under a will, as against defendants (appellants), who claimed the subject real estate as beneficiaries under a purported trust.

Charles Pizel was a lifelong resident of Sherman County, Kansas; he died in that county on April 24, 1979. He was never married and had no children; his only heirs at law were nephews and nieces. At his death, Charles Pizel had accumulated a size-able estate.

Charles Pizel evidently undertook to plan his estate, at least…