In Re Estate of Brasfield

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

These two cases, consolidated after being appealed to this court, originated as probate court proceedings. The all decisive issue in each requires judicial construction of the Kansas probate code.

The facts responsible for the proceedings as initially instituted are relatively unimportant to a decision of the appellate issues and need not be detailed. At the moment essential features of those facts and the primary issues involved can be joined in one statement thus:

Eight months after the death of Cecil L. Brasfield, who died on August…