Estate of Kvande v. Olsen

— Raymond Olsen appeals a trial court decision distributing the residue of Alfred Kvande’s estate by intestate succession. He argues that the anti-lapse statute dictates that the residue pass to him, the lineal descendant of the devisee.

Facts

Kvande died in March 1992. At the time he wrote his will, April 1990, his sister, Olga, was alive and residing at Josephine Sunset Home in Snohomish County. However, she predeceased her brother. The residuary clause of Kvande’s will provides for distribution of the balance of his estate as follows:

That the balance and residue of my estate, I bequeath and…