IN RE HOWERTON'S ESTATE

No. 37344.

65 Wn.2d 868 (1965)

400 P.2d 85

In the Matter of the Estate of ELMER J. HOWERTON, Deceased. MILDRED HOWERTON McCOY et al., Appellants, v. EMMA G. HOWERTON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

March 11, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Dean Arnold, for appellants.

Moore & Stanfill, for respondent.


HUNTER, J.

This case concerns the construction of a will. The second paragraph of the last will and testament of the testator, Elmer J. Howerton, provides:

"SECOND: In the event that my wife, Emma Godlove Howerton, survives me, I give, bequeath and devise to her an undivided one-half interest in and to all of the property of which I may die seized, whether real, personal or mixed, wheresoever situated and howsoever evidenced, it being my intention...

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