Meek v. Ames

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

In this action the trial court sustained motions to strike certain allegations from the plaintiffs’ petition and from their amended petition. The appeal is from those rulings.

The facts necessary to a proper understanding of the fundamental issues involved cannot be disputed. As gleaned from allegations of the amended petition in its present form they may be stated thus:

Benjamin Reeder, a resident of Johnson County, Kansas, died testate on June 12, 1914, leaving his wife, Diana, who died October 10, 1928, and four daughters, namely; May Meek,…