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.
K.S.A. 58-506
Doctrine of worthier title
L. 1939, ch. 181, § 6; July 1.
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