Moore v. Herd

Citations

• 76 Kan. 826
• 93 P. 157
• 1907 Kan. LEXIS 332

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Husband and Wipe — Descents and Distributions — Wills-—-Election. The statute (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 7979) requiring a widow to elect whether to accept the provisions of her deceased husband’s will or to take what she is entitled to under the law of descents and distributions applies also to a husband for whom provision is made by the will of his deceased wife. In view of its origin and its intimate connection with the act relating to descents and distributions it must be deemed to be affected by the language of section 28 thereof (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 2529), that provisions of that act in relation to the ' widow of a deceased husband shall be applicable to the husband of a deceased wife.</p>