Edwards v. Edwards

Plaintiff appeals from a dismissal of a declaratory judgment action in which he sought to invalidate the trust provision of the last will and testament of Lonnie Leota Edwards, deceased.

The facts were not disputed. The matter was brought to issue by plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. Both counsel agreed that only issues of law were involved.

Lonnie Leota Edwards died testate in Tacoma, Washington on February 26, 1963. Her husband, Leon R. Edwards, was appointed executor of her estate. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of her will, which are here under attack, provided:

I give, devise and bequeath to my…