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IN RE ESTATE OF SIMS

No. 31660.

39 Wn.2d 288 (1951)

235 P.2d 204

In the Matter of the Estates of JOSEPH L. SIMS and DOROTHY C. SIMS, Deceased. JOSEPH RICHARD SIMS et al., Respondents, v. RICHARD LINDGREN et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

September 4, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence M. George, Howard Frissell, and William Lorenz, for appellants.

Harvey Erickson, Frank R. Freeman, and John J. Ripple, for respondents.

HILL, J.

Quare: In the state of Washington, does a bequest and devise to one spouse contained in the will of the other lapse when the beneficiary predeceases the testator?

Joseph L. Sims died January 15, 1949, leaving his entire estate to his wife, Dorothy. She died April 16, 1949, leaving a will executed November 19, 1942, whereby she bequeathed and devised all her property to her husband, Joseph, with no residuary clause. Their estates were probated...

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