Pond v. Faust
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered October 1, 1914, in favor of the plaintiff, in an action by a guardian to compel the production and cancellation of a will of an insane person, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Holcomb; J.
In this case respondent, as guardian of Mary S. Pond, an insane person, attempts to compel the surrender-of a purported will of her ward to be annulled and-canceled, on the ground that the testatrix was insane and incompetent at the time of its execution. It is further al*118leged, that the instrument purporting to be a will was prepared by appellants and procured by them from the ward without her knowledge of its contents, and by fraud; that it was procured by appellants in order that they might gain control of the ward’s estate after her death; that it is wrongfully withheld from the…
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