Lemon v. National Bank of Commerce

This appeal involves the validity of a trust set up by the will of Ella C. Lemon, deceased. The testatrix died on October 31, 1950, and her will was admitted to probate on November 2, 1950. After a number of specific bequests, the testatrix left the residue of her estate to The National Bank of Commerce of Seattle, in trust for the Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association. In the third paragraph of the will, the testatrix named Ernest Richard Lemon, her adopted son, and specifically left him nothing, stating that she had otherwise provided for him.

On May 5, 1953, the executor, The National…