PATTERSON v. BIXBY

No. 35801.

58 Wn.2d 454 (1961)

364 P.2d 10

MELBA PATTERSON, as Executrix, Appellant, v. EARL J. BIXBY et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

August 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kumm, Maxwell, Petersen & Lee, for appellant.

Joseph T. Pemberton, for respondents.


HUNTER, J.

This action was brought for the specific enforcement of a contract to bequeath a sum of money.

Priscilla and Frank Bixby were married in 1940. Both had been married previously, by which prior marriages each had children. In 1946, a question arose concerning the validity of Mrs. Bixby's divorce from her prior husband; thereupon, they obtained an annulment of their marriage and separated. On February 28,...

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