Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Buchanan

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 10, 1916No. 12925PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Easterday, J., entered March 29, 1915, upon findings in favor of the petitioner, in an action to subject property to administration as part of a community estate, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

This is a proceeding in the administration of the estate of Sarah A. Buchanan, deceased, wherein Earl McCoy, a son and heir of deceased, seeks to have brought into the estate, and administered as part thereof, certain property which he claims was the community property of his deceased mother and her husband, James Buchanan, at the time of her death, which property James Buchanan claims as his separate property, and that it is therefore not subject to administration as part of the estate of the community. The relief prayed for by Earl McCoy is, in substance, that James Buchanan, who is the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Guye v. GuyeWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Lake v. BenderNevada Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Yesler v. HochstettlerWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Katterhagen v. MeisterWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Penn v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1867

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Porter v. PorterArizona Supreme Court · 1948
  2. In Re Binge's EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1940
  3. Hamlin v. MerlinoWashington Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Laughlin v. LaughlinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1944
  5. Brown v. ScofieldWashington Supreme Court · 1923

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