Phinney v. State ex rel. Stratton
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Skagit county, Joiner, J., entered November 16, 1904, upon findings in favor of the state, as intervenor and claimant, upon the final settlement of an estate, after overruling a demurrer to the complaint in intervention and a trial upon the merits before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Dunbar, J. —
The following is the appellant’s presentation of the facts in this case, which an examination of the record has proven to be substantially correct: The decedent, John W. Collins, and appellant, Frank Phinney, had been friends for some time prior to Collins’ death. Some two weeks before his death, Collins was taken sick at Anacortes, and was attended by appellant as nurse and companion. On the 12th day of February, 1902, Collins and appellant left Anacortes for Harrison Hot Springs, B. C., with the intention of benefitting Collins’ health. They arrived at the Springs on the…
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