In re the Estate of Gorkow

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

In July, 1896, Eudolph Gorkow died at the city of Spokane, leaving an estate worth from one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and a prosperous business, consisting of a plant and appliances for brewing and selling beer. He was about sixty-four years of age, and a German by birth. He was married in Germany and several children were born there, but none survived their infancy, and his German wife died in Spokane about two years before his death. In the fall of 1896 he married a second time, and after a few months he and his…