Hilderbrand v. Miller

This appeal is from an order of the circuit court dated December 29, 1971 in a declaratory judgment *382suit commenced in 1962 involving the estate of Lois B. Miller, deceased.

Mrs. Miller died in 1959, naming as the principal heirs in her will John 0. and Gordon W. Hilderbrand, sons by a previous marriage, and Willis H. Miller, her husband. Her principal gift to Miller was a life estate of her interest in property known as Butte Orchards in Hood River County, with the remainder to her sons. Miller made a claim that deceased’s interest therein was limited to a value of $30,000, and he owned all…