Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Swingle

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided November 12, 1955No. 39,860PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This was an action to construe certain provisions of the last will and testament of Emma L. Swingle, deceased. From a judgment adverse to her contentions plaintiff (petitioner) has appealed.

The testatrix, Emma L. Swingle, a resident of Jackson County, Missouri, died November 8,1942. Her will was admitted to probate by the probate court of that county and subsequently an authenticated copy of it was duly admitted to probate and record in the probate court of Pratt County, Kansas.

The three paragraphs of the will which are in controversy read as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Spark v. BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 1949
  2. In Re Estate of FastSupreme Court of Kansas · 1950
  3. Goetz v. GoetzSupreme Court of Kansas · 1953

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Estate of Johnson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
  2. Perotti v. First National BankSupreme Court of Kansas · 1965
  3. Miller v. HigginsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1961
  4. In Re Estate of WoodSupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
  5. Riggs v. SnellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960

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