In re the Estate of Taylor

Gene Taylor appeals a decision fixing the distribution of assets in the estate of Alice B. Taylor, deceased. The trial court, relying on RCW 11.12.170 and Reeves v. School Dist. 59, 24 Wash. 282, 64 P. 752 (1901), *200found a fee simple estate in Alice Taylor, which she could devise to her son, John Neilands. We reverse and remand for distribution of the estate consistent with this opinion.

Ransom Taylor drafted his own will on a partially printed form. The nonintervention will named his wife, Alice, as executrix, without naming an alternate. Then in a space on the form, was partly typed and…