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IN RE ESTATE OF MELL

No. 51789-4.

105 Wn.2d 518 (1986)

716 P.2d 836

In the Matter of the Estate of E.J. MELL. ARTHUR J. MELL, Petitioner, v. JOHN H. PAGE, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fristoe, Taylor & Schultz, Ltd., P.S., by E. Robert Fristoe and Don W. Taylor and Short & Cressman, by Paul R. Cressman, Sr., James A. Oliver, and Lynn M. Skordal, for petitioner.

Bean, Gentry & Rathbone, by Stephen J. Bean and Buzzard, Glenn & Henderson, P.S., by Jerome L. Buzzard and Mark E. Allen, for respondents.

DORE, J.

This case involves the construction of a will which distributes E.J. Mell's estate. The trial court found the will unambiguous and distributed the entire estate to the decedent's son, Arthur J. Mell. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the testator intended for the residuary legatees to receive a portion of the property. In re Estate of Mell, 40 Wn.App. 359, 698 P.2d 1080

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