Nichols v. Nichols

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

This ease, brought by appellant in the state court of Kansas, was transferred to the federal court.

The first cause of action stated in the petition is that plaintiff at about the age of 4 years became an inmate of the Gillis Orphans’ Home in Kansas City, Mo., having been left there by his stepfather; that shortly thereafter he was adopted by W. K. Nichols and Mattie B. Nichols, his wife; that W. K. Nichols died intestate on the 1st day of January, 1914, and his wife, Mattie B. Nichols, died intestate on the 5 th day of January, 1917, and at the time of their death they…