In Re Kennedy's Estate

MILLARD, C.J., STEINERT, MITCHELL, and HOLCOMB, JJ., dissent. Mary H. Kennedy died October 16, 1928, leaving a nonintervention will, in which Edwin S. Goodwin was named as executor. By the terms of the will, three specific bequests aggregating a thousand dollars were made, and the residue of the estate was left to Goodwin, the executor. The will was admitted to probate by the superior court of King county, and, on the filing of the inventory, an order of solvency was entered. The executor continued to administer the estate without further court proceeding, as authorized by the will.

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