Ingersoll v. Gourley
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court for King county, Dykeman, J., entered July 16, 1913, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, setting aside a will in a will contest, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appeal from a decree setting aside a will. The contest was waged upon three grounds; mental incapacity of the testator, undue influence, and indefiniteness and uncertainty of the will. The contest was sustained upon the first two grounds, the lower court in its findings and conclusions making no reference to the third ground, the only ruling upon this point being a refusal to adopt a conclusion of law, proposed by the appellant, that the provision in the will, attacked by respondent as too indefinite and uncertain, “is legally not too indefinite and is on its face a valid trust.” A number of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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