In re the Estate of Lavenberg
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered May 25, 1918, directing the payment of the residue of an estate for the use and support of a widow and minor children, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
There are two questions in this case.
I. Is a nonresident wife, surviving a husband who lived and did business in this state, entitled to an award of property under §§ 103 and 104, Laws of 1917, pp. 670, 671, when the husband has never maintained a home or dwelling-house, and consequently no homestead has been claimed in the lifetime of the deceased, and there is no property subject to be claimed as a homestead.
Samuel Lavenberg, in his lifetime, operated a small tailoring business in Seattle. His wife and family lived in New York. The husband and wife were not separated in any legal sense. The…
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