Nelson v. Redfield

Ethel Redfield and Peter Nelson were married in 1907, and resided together in the city of Anacortes until Mr. Nelson’s death in 1936. Mrs. Nelson has been afflicted with diabetes for over fifteen years, and for a long time has been required to take insulin to control the disease. She owns property, both real and personal, of approximately twenty-five thousand dollars in value. Mrs. Nelson is a college graduate, and for many years taught school in Anacortes.

Mrs. Nelson has two brothers, Oren and J. Frank Redfield, and two sisters, Irma Hall and Arlie R. Mowry. During the winter of 1939, Mrs.…