HAMPTON v. GILLELAND

No. 36098.

61 Wn.2d 537 (1963)

379 P.2d 194

LESTER M. HAMPTON et al., Respondents, v. AMY HAMPTON GILLELAND, Appellant, C.F. SLAGLE et al., Defendants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

February 28, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. Nels Stromberg, for appellant.

Hull, Armstrong & Vander Stoep, for respondents.


HALE, J.

Suit to partition real estate. The main questions are: The application of the dead man's statute where the adverse party is called as a witness; the effect of delivery of a deed; and the presumptions attending the execution of a deed.

On July 16, 1921, Charles J. Hampton executed a deed naming his seven children as grantees to an 80-acre parcel of real estate in Lewis County. The deed recited a consideration of $1, and that the grantees agreed to...

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