Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Bixby
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 1961No. 35801PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunter, J.
This action was brought for the specific enforcement of a contract to bequeath a sum of money.
Priscilla and Frank Bixby were married in 1940. Both had been married previously, by which prior marriages each had children. In 1946, a question arose concerning the validity of Mrs. Bixby’s divorce from her prior husband; thereupon, they obtained an annulment of their marriage and separated. On February 28, 1948, Mrs. Bixby obtained a divorce from her former husband, and, thereafter and on the same day, Priscilla and Frank Bixby remarried and remained husband and wife until her death.
On February 9,…
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