Eble v. Bloch

Alex Will, a bachelor past seventy-three years of age, died in Yakima county, Washington, February 14,1932. The next day, Otto Bloch, a friend, though no kin, of deceased, petitioned the superior court for the probate of a paper writing of testamentary nature, bearing date January 18, 1932, as the last will and testament of the deceased. The court granted the petition and admitted the document to probate, confirming Mr. Bloch’s appointment as executor thereof.

Edith Eble and others, nieces and nephews of the deceased, seasonably filed in the probate proceeding their contest of the will,…