Brenchley v. Brenchley
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Lincoln county, Sessions, J., entered April 11, 1916, denying a petition for the distribution of the property of an estate, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
— In this action the appellants seek to recover all the property left by their deceased father. On a trial of the case below, the court awarded one-half of the property to the appellants and one-half to the respondent. The facts are not in dispute.
On November 16, 1888, Richard Brenchley, now deceased, secured, in this state, a divorce from his then wife. He had two sons by that marriage. These two sons are the appellants *224in this case. On December 3, 1888, Richard Brenchley was married in regular form to the respondent. At the time of the marriage, respondent knew that Mr. Brenchley was…
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