Legal Opinion

Puget Sound Nat. Bank of Tacoma v. Easterday

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 24, 1960No. 35169PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDonworth, J.

— On June 29, 1934, Joseph H. Easterday, a practicing attorney in the city of Tacoma, executed his last will and testament. After making several specific bequests to friends .and relatives, the will provided in the tenth paragraph as follows:

“I give to the Puget Sound National Bank of Tacoma the balance of my estate in trust to be used as follows:
“To each patient that is discharged from the White Shield Home of Tacoma, after my death, I desire to give a sum not to exceed $150.00, the amount to be given to be- determined by the Management of said Home and approved by my Executors. In the event…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Duncan v. HigginsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
  2. In Re the Estate of JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Horton v. Board of Education of Methodist Protestant ChurchWashington Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Townsend v. Charles Schalkenbach Home for Boys, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1949
  5. Chellew v. WhiteWashington Supreme Court · 1923

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Niemann v. Vaughn Community ChurchWashington Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Niemann v. Vaughn Community ChurchWashington Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Allard v. Pacific National BankWashington Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Grein v. CavanoWashington Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Peoples National Bank v. JarvisWashington Supreme Court · 1961

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