Siegley v. Simpson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered June 29, 1912, upon findings in favor of a claimant, in an action by an executor to determine the identity of a beneficiary named in a will.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The question in this case is whether parol evidence is admissible in the construction of a will which devises “unto my friend Richard H. Simpson the sum of six thousand dollars,” where the legacy is claimed by each of two persons, one named Richard H. Simpson, and the other Hamilton Ross Simpson. The facts are briefly as follows: M. J. Heney, a bachelor, died on October 11, 1910, in San Francisco, California, leaving an estate valued at between $750,000 and $1,000,000. Prior to his death, he made a will by which he left his estate to certain relatives and friends. The sixteenth clause thereof…
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