Bourke v. Bourke

The opinion, of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

These are consolidated cases. No. 36,257 involves the question of whether the trial court properly allowed claims of an individual to a one-half interest in the estate of a deceased person while No. 36,256 has to do with a proceeding attempting to qualify a surviving partner for administration of an alleged partnership estate.

The record is somewhat confusing as well as complicated and we shall here relate only those facts and proceedings required to permit a proper disposition of the appeals.

William Bourke, an unmarried man, died intestate…