Christensen v. Nielson

After the decision by this court in In re Hanson’s Estate, 169 Wash. 637, 14 P. (2d) 702, sustaining the contest of certain wills, the will made by Mrs. Hanson dated May 19, 1930, was admitted to probate. The executor therein named qualified and, thereafter, brought this action to set aside and cancel the deed dated June 2, 1930, by which Mrs. Hanson conveyed, or attempted to convey, to Johanna Marie Overaa Nielson her chief asset and the bulk of her property, consisting of a dairy farm in Snohomish county.

The defendants answered the complaint, admitting the execution and delivery of the deed…