Chappell v. Chappell
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
This appeal grows out of In re Chappell’s Estate, wherein an appeal was decided in 124 Wash. 128, 213 Pac. 684. The matter in litigation now *639is whether appellant, by bringing that proceeding, forfeited a $2,000 beqnest given him in the will of his father, William Chappell.
The father died, leaving an estate of approximately $681,000, consisting of personalty located in King county, Washington. In his will he made elaborate provisions for the disposition of hisi property, the principal of which was the creation of a trust, continuing for a possible sixty years’ period, following which the…
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