SAUNDERS v. SAUNDERS


490 P.2d 1260 (1971)

Cecil A. SAUNDERS et al., Appellants, v. Wesley O. SAUNDERS, Individually and As Executor of the Estate of Blanche Alma Saunders, Deceased, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided December 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman N. Griffith, Portland, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Howard P. Arnest, Portland.

Thomas R. Williams, Cottage Grove, argued the cause for respondents. On the brief were Williams & Ackley, Cottage Grove.

Before O'CONNELL, C.J., and McALLISTER, HOLMAN, TONGUE, HOWELL and BRYSON, JJ.


O'CONNELL, Chief Justice.

This is a suit brought by the heirs of W.M. Saunders to impress a trust upon property devised to Blanche A. Saunders, his widow, now deceased. Plaintiffs appeal from a decree in favor of defendants.

W.M. Saunders died in 1947 leaving his second wife, Blanche A. Saunders, and six children, three by Blanche and three by his first wife. W.M. Saunders' will contained the following paragraph:

"SECOND, I give and bequeath unto...

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