Brown v. State
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Ferry county, Pendergast, J., entered October 27, 1914, denying the probate of an alleged nuncupative will, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is an appeal by John Brown from an order of the superior court for Perry county, denying probate of an alleged nuncupative will claimed by him, as proponent, to have been made by C. T. Warren, late of that county. The state of Washington is respondent in this case because of the fact that it claims the property left by the deceased, by escheat.
On the 15th day of March, 1914, C. T. Warren signed a writing, the whole of which, together with the witnessing thereof, reads as follows:
“The Last Will and Testament of Charles T. Warren.
“Dated at Keller, Washington, this 15th day of Mar. 1914.
“In…
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