West v. Stanfield

This is an action by an adopted daughter against her foster sister and brother-in-law, and the marital community composed thereof, seeking a half interest in the estate of their deceased mother (all of which was distributed to the sister) upon the ground that the decree of distribution so awarding the property was procured by extrinsic fraud.

Myrtle Lane, a divorced woman, then a resident of Alaska, died intestate in Anchorage on August 15, 1948. She was survived by her natural daughter, Patricia Stanfield, of Seattle, and an adopted daughter, Mary Josephine West. Neither Patricia nor her…