Ackers v. First National Bank of Topeka

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This appeal is from a judgment rendered in an action challenging the validity of a trust instrument which reserved a life interest in the grantor, gave him power to revoke, and conveyed property in which his nonresident wife would have otherwise acquired an interest by inheritance.

A comprehensive discussion of the issues requires a rather extensive presentation of facts.

Bessie M. Ackers married Frank C. Ackers at Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 22,1942, while residing in the state of California. She had been previously married twice and…