IN RE ESTATE OF CRANE

No. 1641-2.

15 Wn. App. 161 (1976)

548 P.2d 585

In the Matter of the Estate of EDNA CRANE.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

March 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Kelley, for appellant.

Martin L. Potter, for respondent.


PEARSON, J.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether timely payment of the superior court clerk's filing fee is a jurisdictional requirement for commencement of a will contest. We hold that it is not and reverse the trial court's order dismissing the petition to revoke the will of Edna Crane.

Edna Crane died on February 18, 1972, and her will was admitted to probate. The decedent's niece, Jean Gray, on April 26, 1972, filed a petition to revoke the...

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