Kinnear v. Langley

Section 14525 of Pope’s Digest is sometimes referred to as the ‘‘pretermitted child” statute. Appellant claimed to he the pretermitted child of Mrs. Helen Burdick, deceased, and, relying on that claim, filed suit in the Garland chancery court. From a decision adverse to her claim, she brings this appeal. We will interchangeably refer to the appellant as Hazel Wade, Hazel Burdick, and Hazel Burdick Kinnear: the identity is the same.

Hazel Wade was born in April, 1892, in Labette county, Kansas, being a daughter of William Wade and Ida Wade. Mr. Wade worked for Mr. Burdick, and the families were…