Roland A. Dexter v. Lorene C. Dexter and Lorene C. Dexter as of the Will of Archie B. Dexter, Deceased

HILL, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action Roland A. Dexter appeals the district court’s judgment denying him entitlement to the proceeds of certain real property owned at one time in joint tenancy by his deceased parents. In 1952, Archie and Olga Dexter purchased a 227-acre farm in Marshall County, Kansas. Eight years later this farm was sold and a trailer court purchased in Marysville, Kansas. Roland, the sole issue of Archie and Olga, was married and living in the eastern United States during the time these transactions occurred.

Although not in physical proximity Roland maintained a warm…