Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Seattle-First National Bank

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 1937No. 26488. Department TwoPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.

August Johnson died in Seattle in May, 1933, leaving a wife, Ellen Johnson, surviving, but no children. His will declared all property owned by himself and wife to be community property, and nominated Ellen Johnson as his nonintervention executrix. It bequeathed five thousand dollars to a Swedish church and five thousand dollars to a Swedish sanatorium, and devised and bequeathed the rest and residue of the deceased’s community interest to Dexter Horton National Bank, now the Seattle-First National Bank, in trust, as follows:

“Third: . . . (3) The rest and residue of my Estate I give, devise…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Vogt v. GraffSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Fowler v. WymanWashington Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Towne's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fowler v. LanpherWashington Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Gwinn v. Church of the NazareneWashington Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Rubenser v. FeliceWashington Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Rubenser v. FeliceWashington Supreme Court · 1961

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