In Re Hewett's Estate

358 P.2d 579 (1961)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of James R. HEWETT, Deceased.

Nellie B. HEWETT, Appellant,

v.

Grace E. DALY, Appellee.

No. 33.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 10, 1961.

Albert Maffei, Anchorage, George W. Young, Spokane, Wash., for appellant.

Gordon Hartlieb, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.

DIMOND, Justice.

James Hewett died at Anchorage, Alaska, on August 12, 1955. In his last will and testament, executed in 1952, he made specific bequests of $1 each to two brothers and five sisters. The remainder of his estate was left to a friend, Grace Daly,…