Wheeler v. St. Joseph & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Doniphan District Court. At the March Term, 1883, the court overruled the motion of Wheeler, as administrator of the estate of Frank Wheeler, deceased, for judgment in his favor upon the findings of the jury, and sustained the motion of the Railroad Company for judgment in its favor, revoking Wheeler’s letters of administration. He brings the case here. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a proceeding instituted originally in the probate court of Doniphan county, Kansas, by .the St. Joseph & Western railroad company, to procure the revocation of the letters of administration granted by said court, on December 27, 1881, to DeWitt C. Wheeler on the *641estate of Frank Wheeler, deceased. On the final hearing of the case in the probate court that court overruled the application of the railroad company, and the railroad company then appealed to the district court of Doniphan county. In the district court the case was tried…
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