Kelley v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action involving the claim of a soldier for compensation under article 1, chapter 73, of the Revised Statutes of 1923. Judgment was entered denying compensation. The soldier appeals.

The compensation was denied on the ground that the soldier was not a resident of the state of Kansas at the time he entered the service. The soldier was born and reared in Marion county, Kansas. At the time of the death of his father in 1912 the family con*638sisted of the father, an unmarried daughter, a son, and this soldier. After the father’s death the…