Graves v. Hyer

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

The present case involves the identification of the “nearest blood kin” of one Wesley B. Cook, within the meaning of Mr. Cook’s will. Four groups of contenders claim the designation. Mr. Cook died January 31, 1929, the owner of the quarter-section of Platte County farmland, the title to which is the res of the present contest.

The case was submitted upon an agreed statement of facts.

Testator’s will, which had been signed six years before the testator’s death, included the following Article Fourth:

I will and devise to my granddaughter, Jennie D. Palmer, the following…