31 Kan. 640 | Kan. | 1884
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was a proceeding instituted originally in the probate court of Doniphan county, Kansas, by .the St. Joseph & Western railroad company, to procure the revocation of the letters of administration granted by said court, on December 27, 1881, to DeWitt C. Wheeler on the
“ Ques. 1: Did Frank Wheeler have any money in his own possession at the time of his death? Ans.: No.
“ Q,. 2. If question 1 is answered in the affirmative, how and from whom did he obtain the money? A. -.
“Q. 3. Did said Frank Wheeler have on deposit with his mother any money at the time of his death? If so, how much? A. Yes; $3.50.
“ Q,. 4. If question 3 is answered in the affirmative, how and from whom did Frank Wheeler obtain said money ? A. For work for his father at Mrs. Aberlies’, $2.50; and for working for Hazenbaugh, $1.
“ Q,. 5. Aside from the foregoing, did any person owe said Frank Wheeler anything at the time of his death? A. Yes.
“ Q. 6. If question 5 is answered in the affirmative, who was indebted to said Frank Wheeler, and what was the indebtedness for? A. Moore and Hazenbaugh, for weeding onions and hanging paper.
“Q. 7. Had said Frank Wheeler at the time of his death any wearing apparel that he had paid for himself? A. Yes.
“Q,, 8. If question 7 is answered in the affirmative, what was the value of such clothing? A. $5.
“Q,. 9. If question 7 is answered in the affirmative, how and from whom did said Frank Wheeler obtain the money that he paid for such clothing? A. For playing in the band.
“ Q,. 10. Did said Frank Wheeler at the time of his death have any wearing apparel other than that heretofore mentioned? A. Yes.
*642 “Q,. 11. If question 10 is answered in the affirmative, what was the value of such clothing? A. Don’t know.
“ Q. 12. If question 10 is answered in the affirmative, how and from whom did he obtain such clothing, or the money to pay for the same? A. Don’t know.
“Q,. 13. Had said Frank Wheeler at the timé of his death an interest in the Troy band? A. Yes.
“Q,. 14, If question 13 is answered in the affirmative, how and from whom did said Frank Wheeler obtain said interest? A. From his father and Frank Berry.
“ Q,. 15. If question 13 is answered in the affirmative, what was the cash value of said interest? A. $50.
“Q,. 16. If question 13 is answered in the affirmative, did said Frank Wheeler have an exclusive interest in any particular instrument, or an interest in common with several others in all the instruments and the business of the band?
A. Interest in common.
“Q. 17. Did said Frank Wheeler at the time of his death have any other property, interests, or money, or credits, than heretofore mentioned? A. No.
“Q. 18. If question 17 is answered in the affirmative, what were said interests, or money, or credits? A. -.
“Q. 19. If question 17 is answered in the affirmative, how and from whom were such interests, or money, or credits, obtained? A. -.
“ Q,. 20. Did the father of said Frank Wheeler ever release his time, or relinquish his rights to the timé and service of said Frank Wheeler while a minor? A. Yes.
“ Q,. 21. If question 20 is answered in the affirmative, state when and how? A. When weeding onions.”
No exception was taken to any of these findings of the jury, and no motion was made for a new trial, but both parties moved for judgment upon the findings, and the court overruled the motion of Wheeler and sustained the motion of the railroad company, and rendered judgment in favor of the railroad company and against Wheeler, revoking Wheeler’s letters of administration; and Wheeler, as plaintiff in error, now brings the case to this court, and asks for a reversal of said judgment.
If we pass over the questions whether this case was rightfully and regularly brought in the probate court, and was
But, passing over this question, do the facts of the case as found by the jury show that the letters of administration ought to be revoked at the instance of any person or corporation? Now, taking the facts of the case as they were found by the jury, there is no ground upon which to revoke the letters of administration, unless it be upon the ground that the deceased, Frank Wheeler, did not at his death leave any estate upon which letters of administration could be granted. Everything else necessary for the purpose of issu
We cannot say from the facts as found by the jury that the letters of administration issued to the plaintiff in error, Wheeler, ought to be revoked. On the contrary, it would seem to us from such facts that Frank Wheeler at his death"