Klug v. Seegabarth

This action was brought in the district court for Pierce county for the purpose of having a specific bequest of money declared a lien upon real estate in the hands of a residuary legatee.

Ferdinand Seegabarth died in 1883, seized of certain real estate in Pierce county, and leaving a will which was admitted to probate, and which provided, first, for the payment of his funeral charges, the expense of administering his estate, and contained this provision: “Second. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Emelie C. A. Seegabarth, the sum of $500 in lieu of her dower, and of any distributive share…