Corcoran v. Carrau
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Bell, J., entered January 7, 1905, dismissing a petition to set aside the probate of a nuncupative will, upon granting the proponent’s motions to strike and to dismiss for want of prosecution.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition interposed for the purpose of contesting the probate of an alleged nuncupative will. John Sullivan died in the year 1900, leaving a large estate consisting of real and personal property. In ÜSTovember, 1900, Terence O’Brien was appointed general administrator of said estate, and he is still acting as such. On the 8th day of March, 1901, Marie Oarrau filed in the superior court of King county, where the administration proceedings are pending, a petition for the probate of an alleged nuncupative will, which she avers was made by the said…
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