VADMAN v. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

No. 3862-II.

26 Wn. App. 697 (1980)

615 P.2d 500

WARREN E. VADMAN, Respondent, v. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Appellant, NATIONAL CANCER FOUNDATION, INC., Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

July 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce P. Flynn, for appellant.

Frank J. Owens, Alexander W. Mackie, and E. Robert Fristoe, for respondents.


REED, C.J.

The only question raised in this appeal concerns whether extrinsic evidence is admissible in the construction of a will which devises one-third of the income from a testamentary trust to the "National Cancer Foundation." The American Cancer Society, Inc. (Cancer Society) urges that evidence extrinsic to the testatrix' will demonstrates that it was the intended beneficiary. The National Cancer Foundation, Inc. (Cancer Foundation) argues that such evidence...

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