State Ex Rel. Fansher v. Guinotte

This is a proceeding in mandamus. Upon the filing of the petition for the writ we issued an alternative writ, to which respondents have made their return. Relatriees have filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings. This motion admits as true all of the facts well pleaded in the return. [18 R. C. L., pp. 346, 350, 351.]

The facts show that on the 8th day of November, 1932, one Mary A. Alexander, a widow, died testate while a resident of Kansas City, leaving surviving her, a daughter, Mae Fryer, a resident of the state of California, and two granddaughters (daughters of a deceased daughter)…