Alexander v. Lewes
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Cowlitz county, Dareh, J., entered June 6, 1917, upon findings in favor of the defendants, dismissing an action for specific performance, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
This is a suit to enforce specific performance of a contract to devise real property.
Frederick Lee Lewes, then of the age of 74 years, went to live with appellant and his wife, formerly Georgia Lee Lewes, a daughter of Frederick Lee Lewes, in the year 1901, and continued to reside with appellant as a member of his family until August 30,1913.
At that time, and at the time of the death of Frederick Lee Lewes, he owned three pieces of land in Cowlitz county, Washington, a donation land claim containing 237.56 acres, a place known as ‘ ‘ The Homestead,” containing 160 acres, and a place known as…
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