Adams v. Mignon

For some time prior to June, 1937, Louis C. Mignon, Florence M. Nordby, Laura Philip-sen, and Sarah Greenwood, brother and sisters, owned, in equal undivided shares, a tract of land in Kitsap county, Washington. June 16, 1932, these four persons had executed a general power of attorney to John Philipsen, then the husband of Laura Philipsen. While the power of attorney was general in its nature and did not describe any land or other property, it contained the following paragraph:

“This power of attorney to be in force until all money expended by John Philipsen in connection with the properties…