IN RE ESTATE OF HARFORD

No. 37585-7-I.

936 P.2d 48 (1997)

86 Wash.App. 259

In re the ESTATE OF Edith M. HARFORD, Deceased. Mitch BIRCHFIELD and Karen Birchfield, brother and sister, Appellants, v. Fred HARFORD; Joy Andreason; Louise V. Hill; and the Estate of Edith M. Harford, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul John Reni and Michael E. Keller, Lynnwood, for Appellants.

Jerome R. Cronk, Seattle, for Respondents.


GROSSE, Judge.

A party to a settlement agreement seeking relief on the basis of mistake must establish the legal basis for that relief under the law of contracts. The mistake must be mutual, not unilateral, as was the case here.

Married in 1955, Edith and Delbert Harford each had children from prior marriages: Edith's children are Fred, Joy, and Louise, and Delbert's child was Opal. In 1972, Delbert executed a will which stated that Edith and Delbert had agreed...

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