Legal Opinion

In Re the Estate of Levas

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 19, 1949No. 30687PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSchwellenbach, J.

This is an appeal from a decree construing the will of John Levas, deceased, upon a petition filed by the executor, seeking to have the decedent vendee’s interest under a real-estate contract adjudged to be personal property and subject to sale under the will. The petition was resisted by George Levas, son of deceased, who claimed that the interest under the contract passed to him by the terms of his father’s will.

No statement of facts was furnished in this case, and we are therefore limited, in our determination of the question before us, to the facts as found by the trial court in the order…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ashford v. ReeseWashington Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Willis v. BarrowSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  3. In Re Thomas' EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1943
  4. In Re McNulta's EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Cotton v. Bank of CaliforniaWashington Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Peterson v. HaganWashington Supreme Court · 1960
  2. In Re BrownWashington Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Wilber v. Department of Labor & IndustriesWashington Supreme Court · 1963
  4. In Re Estate of PattonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
  5. Edwards v. MeaderWashington Supreme Court · 1949

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