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IN RE ESTATE OF CHAPMAN

No. 31352.

37 Wn.2d 682 (1950)

225 P.2d 883

In the Matter of the Estate of BELLE CHAPMAN, Deceased. OLIVER K. EMMONS et al., Appellants, v. TONY FREY, Individually and as Executor, et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

December 28, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Williams and Raymond C. Hazen, for appellants.

Clarence J. Coleman and Thomas G. McCrea, for respondents.

HAMLEY, J.

This is a will contest. From a decision upholding the will, the contestants appeal, contending that the record establishes a lack of mental competence, and undue influence. The controversy centers around which of two properly executed wills is the last will of Mrs. Belle Chapman. She executed a will May 11, 1948, by which she left a trustee five thousand dollars for her son, if living, a life estate in a duplex to an old and trusted friend, Tony Frey, the...

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