IN RE JOHANSON'S ESTATE

No. 31531.

38 Wn.2d 492 (1951)

230 P.2d 614

In the Matter of the Estate of NILS A. JOHANSON.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

April 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and William C. Klein, Assistant, for appellant.

Lewis L. Stedman (of Stedman & Stedman), for respondent.

Monheimer, Schermer & Mifflin and Melville Monheimer, Jr., amici curiae.


SCHWELLENBACH, C.J.

Katherine Brown Johanson died testate May 31, 1944, leaving a net estate of $104,023.21, upon which an inheritance tax was paid. The estate passed to her surviving husband, Nils A. Johanson. There was allowed an exemption of $14,567.33 upon the property which passed to him.

Nils A. Johanson died testate March 7, 1946 (less than five years after his wife's death). Included in his estate were certain...

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