Seattle-First National Bank v. Brott

The facts in this case are not in dispute. George W. Trimble died testate December 10, 1929, leaving separate property of the value of approximately one million five hundred thousand dollars. His first wife and the children of his first marriage had predeceased him. His second wife, Martha E. Trimble, a widow, with one son by a former marriage, survived him. His last will, executed in November, 1928, had been drafted by an attorney described by the trial court as one of the leading members of the Seattle bar.

As the will is too long to be set out in full, only its material provisions will be…