Case Name: Hyluard Maichel, and Hyluard Maichel, as Administrator of the Estate of L. A. Maichel, deceased, Appellants, v. Fred L. Coleman and George E. Coleman, Appellees
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1949-04-09
Citations: 167 Kan. 93
Docket Number: No. 37,543
Parties: Hyluard Maichel, and Hyluard Maichel, as Administrator of the Estate of L. A. Maichel, deceased, Appellants, v. Fred L. Coleman and George E. Coleman, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 167
Pages: 93–93

Head Matter:
No. 37,543
Hyluard Maichel, and Hyluard Maichel, as Administrator of the Estate of L. A. Maichel, deceased, Appellants, v. Fred L. Coleman and George E. Coleman, Appellees.
(204 P. 2d 731)
Opinion filed April 9, 1949.
Wendell L. Garlinghouse, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Ralph F. Glenn, of Topeka, was with him on the briefs for the appellants.
Rodman L. Henry, of Garnett, argued the cause, and was on the briefs for the appellees.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wedell, J.:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court overruling a motion filed by the administrator of a decedent's estate, in his official capacity and as an heir, to dismiss an appeal of other heirs from the judgment of the probate court. The appeal was from the judgment of the probate court allowing expenses of administration including attorney's fees.
An order sustaining a motion to dismiss an action is a final and appealable order. An order overruling a motion to dismiss an action is not a final order and prior to final judgment is not appeal-able. (Pulliam v. Pulliam, 163 Kan. 497, 499, 188 P. 2d 220; Runnels v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 165 Kan. 571, 573, 195 P. 2d 571; Singleton v. State Highway Comm., 166 Kan. 406, 201 P. 2d 650; Kansas State Highway Comm. v. Moore, 166 Kan. 408, 201 P. 2d 652.) Likewise an order of the district court overruling a motion to dismiss an appeal from the probate court is nonappealable. (In re Estate of Grindrod, 158 Kan. 345, 148 P. 2d 278.)
It follows this court has acquired no jurisdiction by virtue of the attempted appeal and the appeal must be dismissed. It is so ordered.