Legal Opinion

Swayze v. Wade

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1881PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error from Shawnee District Court. J. Claeke Swayze died March 27, 1877, and on April 9, 1877, Jennie M. Swayze, his widow, was duly appointed administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband by the probate court of Shawnee county.

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Error from Shawnee District Court. J. Claeke Swayze died March 27, 1877, and on April 9, 1877, Jennie M. Swayze, his widow, was duly appointed administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband by the probate court of Shawnee county. May 30, 1877, she returned to the probate court an inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of the deceased, which was as follows: INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT Of the personal estate of J. Clarke Swayze, deceased, made on the — day of April, 1877, by J. K. Hudson, Frank A. Root and E. F. Campbell, appraisers of said estate. In compliance with the…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HortoN, C. J.:

Two questions are presented for our consideration by the record in this case. The first is, was the order withdrawing the Blade office material, and the proceeds thereof, from the assets of the estate of the deceased, and allowing the administratrix credit therefor, an appealable order? Second, if appealable, is the property known as the Blade office material, mentioned in the inventory of the goods and chattels of the estate, exempt to the widow for the use'of herself and children of the deceased? We need not discuss or decide whether'…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Correll v. VanceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929
  2. Estate of Schroeder v. SchroederSupreme Court of Kansas · 1944
  3. Dobson v. HolmesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  4. Waldo v. RossSupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
  5. Elam v. International Trust Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1939

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