In re the Estate of Jones
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King-county, Mackintosh, J., entered October 29, 1917, in probate, rejecting probate of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, C. J.
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county rejecting prohate of a writing purporting to be the last will and testament of M. F. Jones, deceased.
At the time of his death, October 8, 1917, decedent was a resident of King county where he died. He left a widow, Isabella Jones, but no children. The widow, producing a paper purporting to be a copy of his will, was by the court appointed special administratrix, pending search for the original. On October 16, 1917, upon the petition of Charles W. Brooks and Marion Johnson alleging that they were named in the will as executors, the…
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