Ashman v. Fisher

Cary Beekman, a native of Ohio, some time after reaching manhood, came to this state and settled in Grays Harbor county, where he died, a bachelor, intestate, leaving real and personal property. In the course of the administration of his estate, one Blanch M. Fisher appeared by a petition, alleging that she was an illegitimate daughter of the deceased, Cary Beekman, and that he had, in writing, before a competent witness, acknowledged her to be his daughter; and that she was the only child of the decedent, and was entitled to all his estate, which she asked to be distributed to her. The…