Fergus v. Tomlinson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The question involved here is whether a subject of Great Britain is entitled to inherit the personal property of his deceased wife, a citizen of this state and country. The plaintiffs are blood relatives and collateral heirs of Anna M. Power-Tomlin-son. Defendant, her husband, a British subject, was administrator of her estate by appointment of the probate court of Lyon county, Kansas, of which county and state she was a resident. The husband prevailed and plaintiffs appeal.

At the time for the final settlement of the estate the plaintiffs…