Brookman v. Durkee
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered November 14, 1906, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial before the court without a jury, in an action to quiet title.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In 1819 Eugene R. Durkee, then domiciled and having his residence in the state of New York, intermarried with one Cynthia H. Durkee, and thereafter lived with her as his wife in that state until 1889. In the year last named, Mrs. Durkee died intestate, leaving as her sole heirs-at-law the respondents in this action. During the time the marriage existed, Eugene R. Durkee conducted a manufacturing business in the state of New York, and accumulated as the profits of such business a considerable fortune. In 1888, a year prior to the death of his wife, he used a portion of the fortune so…
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