Delaney v. City of Salina
Supreme Court of Kansas
Fh'ror from Saline District Court. Action brought by Margaret Delaney against The Oity of Salina and Frank C. Miller, as executor of the will of John Boyd, deceased, to contest the validity' of said will. Trial at the November Term, 1883, and judgment for defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
*533The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought under § 20 of the act of the legislature relating to wills. (Comp. Laws of 1879, ch. 117.) The action was brought for the purpose of contesting the will of John Boyd, deceased. Margaret Delaney, the plaintiff in error, was the plaintiff below, and the city of Salina and Frank C. Miller, executor of the last will and testament of John Boyd, deceased, the defendants in error, were the defendants below. That portion of the will which devises and bequeaths the estate of John Boyd, deceased, reads as follows:
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