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IN RE GAGAN'S ESTATE

No. 32328.

42 Wn.2d 520 (1953)

256 P.2d 836

In the Matter of the Estate of IDA M. GAGAN, Deceased. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. EMMETT G. LENIHAN, as Administrator with the Will Annexed, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

May 1, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General, William G. Jenkins and Carl L. Loy, Assistants, for appellant.

Lenihan & Ivers, for respondent.

HILL, J.

We are presented with a problem which, to be clearly understood, requires a separation of its various elements of fact and law.

(a) We have the following factual situation as to personal relationships, which brings this case within the purview of RCW 83.16.070 (cf. Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 11202a), one of our statutes relating to exemptions from inheritance taxes: An individual, Ida M. Gagan, dies, leaving property to a "father, mother...

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