de la Pole v. Lindley
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Columbia county, McCroskey, J., entered July 5, 1921, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action by an heir to recover an interest in an estate, after a trial on the merits to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
— Appellant was born on March 14,1883, and when she was three years of age she was legally adopted by John W. Duncan and his wife, Clara A. E. Duncan, who had no children of their own.
The Duncans, during their married life, acquired farm lands aggregating five hundred and fifty-five acres, in Columbia county, upon which they, with their adopted child, made their home. Mr. Duncan died intestate on February 19,1898. His widow was duly appointed administratrix of his estate, and filed an inventory which covered and described, as community property, all of the real estate above referred to, and…
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