(DOWNLOAD) "In re Estate of Johnson" by Supreme Court of Kansas # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In re Estate of Johnson
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 06, 1953
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This was an action to construe a will. On March 28, 1925, George E. Johnson, a resident of Canton, in McPherson County, Kansas, duly executed his last will and testament. His wife had predeceased him. He was the father of ten children, one of whom had died, leaving six children. The first three paragraphs pertained to the payment of his debts, including expenses of last illness and funeral, provided for the erection of a monument in memory of his wife and himself, and disposed of his personal property. The fourth paragraph reads: ""I give, devise and bequeath unto my grandchildren, Beulah J. Russell, Beatrice Waln, Lila Waln, Leonard Waln, Marietta Waln, and Irene Waln, share and share alike, they being the children of my deceased daughter, Clara J. Waln, and if any of these my grandchildren be dead, dying without issue before my death, his or her share as the case may be, shall go to and vest in his or her surviving brothers and sisters, the following real estate in fee simple to-wit:"" (describing certain real property.) The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs are identical in wording except that each contained the name of a different child and a different description of real estate. The thirteenth paragraph, being the one which gives rise to this lawsuit, reads: