Heine v. First Trust Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is a claim against the administrator of the estate of Margaret Schindler, deceased, for personal services based upon an alleged oral contract. Judgment was for claimant. The administrator appeals.

Margaret Schindler died in Wichita on March 15, 1930. She died intestate and, as far as is now known, without heirs. She left an estate of approximately $75,000. On account of the statutes which provide that when one dies intestate and without known heirs the estate after the lapse of a certain number of years escheats to the state for the…