IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF VAN DYKE

No. 22242-2-I.

54 Wn. App. 225 (1989)

772 P.2d 1049

In the Matter of the Estate of LAVERNE W. VAN DYKE. GRACIE L. JONES, Appellant, v. LILY F. NIELSEN, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

May 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Hebert and Theodore M. Rosenblume, for appellant.

Peter Parsons, Stuart R. Dunwoody, and Davis, Wright & Jones, for respondents.


PEKELIS, J.

Gracie L. Jones appeals from the summary judgment dismissal of her will contest petition, alleging that the trial court erred in determining that her failure to issue citations to all legatees pursuant to RCW 11.24.020 compelled dismissal of her action as a matter of law. She contends that the trial court should have made a CR 19(b) determination of whether the nonjoined legatees were indispensable parties. We agree and remand for such a determination...

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