Jackson v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment determining title to real estate in an action for partition.

The basic facts which are not in dispute will be stated as briefly as the state of the record permits.

Charles H. Jackson owned 1900 acres of land in Comanche County, Kansas. On January 3, 1939, he made a will in which he devised a life estate in the land to his wife, Josephine Jackson. Upon the death of Josephine 800 acres of land was to go to his daughter, Beatrice Zimmerman, in fee simple. The remainder of the 1900 acres was to go to a son,…