Donohue v. Donohue
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atchison District Court. This action was brought on the 23d day of January, 1889,. by Joseph Donohue ¿gainst Louise Donohue, as administratrix with the will annexed of Thomas Donohue, deceased, LouiseDonohue, Catherine McFadden, Jennie Ashe, John J. Donohue, Bridget Donohue, and George Saxton, Salina Ruth Saxton, Alice Saxton, and Thomas Clayton Saxton, minors,, defendants, for a judicial construction of the last will and testament of Thomas Donohue, deceased.
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Error from Atchison District Court. This action was brought on the 23d day of January, 1889,. by Joseph Donohue ¿gainst Louise Donohue, as administratrix with the will annexed of Thomas Donohue, deceased, LouiseDonohue, Catherine McFadden, Jennie Ashe, John J. Donohue, Bridget Donohue, and George Saxton, Salina Ruth Saxton, Alice Saxton, and Thomas Clayton Saxton, minors,, defendants, for a judicial construction of the last will and testament of Thomas Donohue, deceased. The will is in words and figures as follows: “Farmington, Kansas, Atchison County, j September the 26th, 1887. / “Last will…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hokton, C. J.:
Upon the trial, evidence was received showing that Louise Donohue was the youngest child of Thomas Donohue; that at the time of his death the family consisted of himself, his wife, Bridget, and his daughter Louise; that prior to and at the time of the execution of his *139will Joseph Donohue and his father were unfriendly; also the value of the personal and real property of which he died possessed, together with the amount of his debts. It is insisted that all of this evidence should have been rejected, upon the ground that the terms of the…
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