In Re Patrick's Estate

Ida M. Patrick, a resident of Oregon, died July 26, 1929, devising all her estate, with the exception of seven one dollar legacies, to Dorothy May Fredden, of Kelso, Washington, an adopted daughter, and nominating her and Omar Fendall executors. The will was admitted to probate in Washington county, Oregon, July 31, 1929, and Fendall qualified as executor.

On March 10, 1937, Nettie M. Smith filed a petition in the superior court of Adams county, Washington, alleging that she was a creditor of the deceased; that deceased left certain real property in that county and an unliquidated claim…