In Re Fischer's Estate
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSteinert, C. J.
— Respondent herein filed his petition in the superior court seeking (1) to have the purported last will and testament of his deceased wife declared null and void, and (2) to enforce specifically an alleged oral contract between the spouses wherein, according to the allegations of the petition, they agreed to pool their separate properties and to make mutual wills whereby the survivor should take the entire estate. Trial before the court resulted in findings, conclusions, and decree denying the petition as to the first cause of action, but granting it as to the second. The parties designated…
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