IN RE ESTATE OF SHERRY

No. 28373-9-III.

240 P.3d 1182 (2010)

In re the Estate of Audrene G. SHERRY, Deceased. Barbara Griffith, Appellant, v. Mark Sherry, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Audrene G. Sherry, Respondent. In re the Estate of Fred S. Sherry, Deceased. Barbara Griffith, Appellant, v. Mark Sherry, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Fred S. Sherry, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

October 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Craig Beetham , Eisenhower & Carlson, Stuart Charles Morgan , Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, Andrea Burkhart , Burkhart & Burkhart PLLC, Walla Walla, WA, for Appellant.

James K. Hayner , Attorney at Law, Brandon L. Johnson , Minnick Hayner, P.S., Walla Walla, WA, for Respondent.


SIDDOWAY, J.

¶ 1 Barbara Griffith appeals the trial court's construction of her parents' wills. She contends the trial court erred in determining that the wills unambiguously authorized her brother, the personal representative, to distribute to her and her sister interests as "tenants in common" in the family farms, rather than distributing each a portion of the family farmland in fee. She also contends that in interpreting the wills, the trial court improperly...

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