Gorman v. Hickey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to contest the will of the late *55William Hickey of Dickinson county, a single man, who died on January 12, 1935.

His heirs were his only surviving brother, Patrick M. Hickey, of Junction City, defendant herein, and the three children- of his only sister, the late Catherine Gorman, of Chapman, who prosecute this action as plaintiffs.

The late William had amassed an estate valued at over $80,000, about half in land and half in government bonds. Part of this estate had inured to him as heir of others of his family whom he had…