Whitney v. Seattle-First National Bank

Helen Whitney brought an action to rescind an agreement executed contemporaneously with joint wills made between her and her deceased husband. By the terms of the wills, if Mrs. Whitney predeceased her husband, all of her property would go to him. If he predeceased her, however, all her property, including her community share of the property, would be placed into an irrevocable trust, along with that of her husband. The Court of Appeals in Whitney v. Seattle-First Nat'l Bank, 16 Wn. App. 905, 560 P.2d 360 (1977), affirmed an order dismissing her action. We likewise affirm the order of the…