Sova v. First Nat. Bk. of Ferndale

Jerry Sova was, during the year 1939, a resident of Whatcom county, owning two tracts of land, one known as Nugent’s bridge farm, about fifteen miles northeast of the city of Bellingham, the other referred to as the Bell creek farm, located five miles farther from the city. Mr. Sova was a bachelor, seventy-six years of age, and resided with one Furness, his man of all work, upon the Bell creek farm, upon which was considerable farm equipment and some livestock, all of which he owned.

Mr. Sova was a man of limited education, his schooling not having extended beyond the fourth or fifth grade.…