In Re Downings' Estates

Mary Theresa Downing died on January 18, 1926, leaving a will bequeathing and devising her entire estate to her husband, Robert W. Downing. Robert W. Downing died on March 15, 1926, leaving a will bequeathing and devising his entire estate to Mary Theresa Downing. Both the testators were residents of Clark county, Washington, the wills were probated there, and Mary Theresa Downing having predeceased her husband, he was, therefore, deemed to have died intestate. The estates were combined and the probate conducted under one procedure.

The surviving relatives of Robert W. Downing, as alleged in…