In Re Sykes' Estate

George W. Sykes and Walter G. Sykes, father and son, conducted a plumbing and sheet metal business in the city of Vancouver, this state. Genevieve M. Sykes, the wife of George W. Sykes, died August 1, 1933, testate. In her will, she appointed her husband executor and devised to him all of her estate. The executor named subsequently qualified and prepared an inventory, in which all of the property was listed as property of the community. In the inventory, under the heading of “plumbing and tinners’ tools,” there were something more than twenty items mentioned.

George W. Sykes died November 27,…