Chappell v. Chappell
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered June 1, 1922, upon sustaining a demurrer to the petition, dismissing an action to set aside certain provisions of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
J. — Appellant, by a petition filed in this cause, then pending in the probate department of the superior court for King county, sought to have set aside certain provisions of the will of William Chappell, deceased, upon the ground that Chappell, at the time of the making of the will, and at the time of his death, was domiciled in and a resident of the state of California; that the property involved, though situated in this state, is personal property and must be admin*129istered according to the law of the domicile of the decedent-; that, under the laws of California, which are pleaded, the…
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