Taylor v. Winnie

H. G. Johns, who was engaged in the practice of law at Hutchinson, Kan., died intestate, leaving no widow surviving him, but only a child, who was self-supporting, was more than twenty-one years of age, and a non-resident of the state. He owned, and died in the possession of, a law library, valued at $2,457.50, the right to which is the subject of the present controversy. The substantial point of dispute between the parties is, whether the library constitutes assets of the estate, to be administered upon by the administrator, or whether, being exempt, it passed absolutely to the surviving…