State ex rel. Miner v. Reardon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Adam Leitzbach, a citizen of the United States residing in Ellsworth county, died intestate October 15, 1924, owning land in that county, and leaving no relations except such as .were aliens, being citizens of Germany residing in Prussia. The state brought this action against these relations asking to be adjudged the owner of the land for the benefit of the school fund, on the ground that being aliens they were incapable of inheriting it, there being no statute qualifying them. (Johnson v. Olson, 92 Kan. 819, 142 Pac. 256.) The relations'…