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2021 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 58 - Personal And Real Property
Article 5 - Real Or Personal Property Granted Or Devised (the Property Act Of 1939)
58-506 Same (doctrine of worthier title).
Universal Citation: KS Stat § 58-506 (2021)
58-506. Same (doctrine of worthier title).
In the case of a will to heirs, or to next of kin of the testator, or to a person an heir or next of kin, the common-law doctrine of worthier title is abolished and the devisees or devisee shall take under the will and not by descent.
History: L. 1939, ch. 181, ยง 6; July 1.
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