Wester v. State Land Board

This is an appeal by Stewart Wester from a decree of the circuit court for Wasco county that he take nothing from the estate of Neis Swanson, and that the clear proceeds of the estate, amounting to approximately $2,000, escheat to the state.

It appears that the decedent, Nels Swanson, and his wife, Jennie Swanson, in February, 1945 executed a joint will in which the husband devised and bequeathed all of his property to his wife, and the wife devised and bequeathed all of her property to her husband. The will then contained a common disaster clause reading as follows:

“In the event that both of…