Melville v. Lazenby
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered June 1, 1911, in favor of the defendants, in an action to establish a lost will, after a trial on the merits before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker., J.
The petitioner, John I. Melville, commenced this proceeding in the superior court to establish a lost will which he alleges was executed in March, 1893, by John Needham, late of Spokane county, who died on March 15, 1910. A trial before the court upon the merits resulted in a judgment denying the prayer of the petitioner, from which he has appealed to this court.
Counsel for appellant has assigned numerous errors based upon the court’s sustaining of objections made by counsel for respondents to questions propounded to witnesses in behalf of appellant and to offers of proof made in his behalf.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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