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IN RE EHLER'S ESTATE

No. 34829.

53 Wn.2d 679 (1959)

335 P.2d 823

In the Matter of the Estate of DELLA E. EHLER, Deceased.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 26, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and Henry W. Wager, Assistant, for appellant.

Jacobs & Peters, for respondent.

MALLERY, J.

This case involves an interpretation of the meaning of the word "stepchild" as used in RCW 83.08.020, an inheritance tax statute.

Della E. Ehler married a man who had two children by a former wife. She divorced him and married again. This man also had two children by a former wife. She divorced the second husband and subsequently died bequeathing property to the children of her former husbands.

The supervisor of the inheritance tax division...

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