Herrick v. Miller
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Myers, J., entered January 2, 1912, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to obtain the construction of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The parties to this action are the children and widow of Dr. P. B. M. Miller, deceased, late of Seattle. The purpose of the action is to obtain a construction of his will and a settlement of all of the property rights of the parties under the will. Dr. Miller died on December 3, 1904, leaving the will here involved, which he had made a few months previous. The only provisions of the will which we need notice in our present inquiry are the following:
“(3) I bequeath to my son, Hubert Livingston Miller, my gold watch and chain, all my medical library, surgical instruments and general surgical…
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