Mary Bridge Hospital, Inc. v. Van Vlack

This case presents a somewhat unusual factual situation.

In January, 1949, Dr. A. W. Bridge died in Tacoma, leaving an estate in excess of half a million dollars. The bulk of the estate, by the residuary clause of the will, was left to the Mary Bridge Hospital, a charitable corporation. By the preceding paragraphs, the testator left a number of small bequests, ranging in size from one thousand to five thousand dollars, to certain specified individuals. We are here particularly concerned with the second paragraph, the *918first dispositive clause of the will. This portion of the will read, in part,…