IN RE MOORE'S ESTATE

No. 31401.

36 Wn.2d 854 (1950)

220 P.2d 1079

In the Matter of the Estate of MARY A. MOORE, Deceased.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

July 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Tynan, for appellant.

Earl G. Rice, for respondents.


HILL, J.

The question intended to be raised on this appeal concerns the right of one convicted of manslaughter to take under the will of his victim. However, we are holding, on our own motion, that the appeal is premature. A statement of the facts and of the status of the litigation is necessary to make apparent the reason for that holding.

Joseph A. Moore made a brutal assault upon his 79-year-old mother, Mary A. Moore, on June 25, 1948. She died on July...

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