Patterson v. McWhirk
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered May 25, 1911, dismissing a will contest, after a trial on the merits to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
On August 13, 1910, the last will and testament of Abraham B. Patterson, deceased, was admitted to probate in the superior court of Walla Walla county. The decedent left as his heirs at law, three sons, William Tolbert Patterson, Nathan A. Patterson, and Abram Y. Patterson, four daughters, Maxie J. Barkhuff, Josephine Buroker, Nettie M. Munns, and Arrah J. McWhirk, and three grandchildren, Bird Taylor, Maxie Taylor Morse, and Nellie Taylor, children of his deceased daughter Pauline Taylor. By his will the testator devised $500 to the three grandchildren *378jointly, $5 each to his children…
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