Buchser v. Buchser
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spokane county, Webster, J., entered February 8, 1912, appointing an administrator upon hearing conflicting applications therefor.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Annie Buchser died intestate, leaving an estate in Spokane county, Washington. Her husband, John R. Buchser, applied for letters of administration, and upon the hearing he was questioned as to the value and extent of the property of the estate. He enumerated certain personal property of the value of about $1,700. In answer to a question put by the court, it developed that he was the owner of 160 acres of land that had been taken up as a homestead, and 80 acres that he had purchased out of the proceeds of timber cut on the homestead. The petitioner husband claimed the land as his separate…
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