McKelvey v. McKelvey

Citations

• 79 Kan. 82
• 99 P. 238
• 1908 Kan. LEXIS 192

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Descents and Distributions—Non-resident Wife—Gift of Land by Husband. A husband may, in good faith, make a gift of land owned by him in this state of which his wife has made no conveyance without defrauding her, if she has never resided here; but to make the gift effective to bar her statutory right accruing after his death he must consummate it. by a conveyance, and the grantee must not be guilty of actual fraud in obtaining it.</p> <p>2. - Fraudulent Attempt to Defeat Widow’s Statutory Right. Certain facts stated in the opinion are held to show a fraudulent attempt to defeat a widow’s statutory right in land owned by her husband in his lifetime, of which neither he nor she had made a conveyance.</p>