eBook details
- Title: Brent v. Mcdonald
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 13, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
Description
The opinion of the court was delivered by This was an action to partition 960 acres of real estate in
Norton County. The parties were the heirs at law of Charles
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Lincoln Cooley, deceased, and children of deceased heirs at law.
Pearl Brent, a daughter, was plaintiff and is the appellee. Alda
McDonald, a daughter, was the only defendant who made any
defense, and is the appellant. There was no dispute as to the
interests of the other parties defendant. Pearl Brent contended
that she was the owner of an undivided one-seventh interest in
the real estate pursuant to a judgment rendered by the district
court of Norton County, Case No. 5398, and in accordance with a
family settlement entered into October 20, 1943. Alda McDonald
contended she was the owner of a two-sevenths interest in such
property; one-seventh interest which she received pursuant to the
family settlement and another one-seventh interest which she
purchased in 1936. The trial court entered judgment that Pearl
Brent was the owner of an undivided one-seventh interest in the
real estate, and from this judgment Alda McDonald has appealed.