Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Hamilton
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 17, 1919No. 15386PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Snohomish county, Bell, J., entered February 13, 1919, denying the vacation of an order setting aside property of an estate to a widow as a homestead, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, C. J.
Section 103, ch. 156, Laws of 1917, p. 670, provides:
“If it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that no homestead has been claimed in the manner provided by law, either prior or subsequent to the death of the person whose estate is being administered, then the court, upon such notice as may be determined by the court, upon being satisfied that the funeral expenses, expenses of last sickness and of administration have been paid or provided for, and upon petition for that purpose, shall award and set off to *327the surviving spouse, if any, property of the estate, either…
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