Legal Opinion

Hattie v. Potter

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 14, 1909No. 8030PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Warren, J., entered July 8, 1908, upon findings in favor of the defendants, in an action to set aside conveyances on the ground of fraud and want of capacity, after a trial before the court without a jury.

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.

Orson Tucker died intestate in Lincoln county, Washington, on the 8th day of August, 1908, leaving sur*171viving him his father, John J. Tucker, his sole heir, then an inmate of the Yuba county hospital, at Marysville, California. The property of Orson Tucker consisted of lands and personal property situate within Lincoln county, of the value of $20,000, now in the possession of John E. Frazer, his administrator. On August 15, 1906, John J. Tucker gave a power of attorney to Frank W. Potter, husband of his daughter Minnie Potter, being a general power of attorney as to all lands and property of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Allore v. JewellSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Harding v. WheatonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1821
  3. Hunter v. McCammonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
  4. Van Horn v. KeenanIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
  5. Croissant v. BeersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Curtis v. ArmagastSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  2. McCutcheon v. BrownfieldCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1970
  3. Douglas v. OgleSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  4. Ennor v. HinschSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
  5. Howland v. DayWashington Supreme Court · 1923

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