Blattner v. Abel

Citations

• 92 Wash. 48
• 158 P. 1015

Syllabus

<p>Executors and Administrators — Claims—Priority—Insolvency. Upon finding that insurance funds had been wrongfully withdrawn from an estate, it is error to order a claim paid in full therefrom, where the estate was insolvent and it was not determined whether the claim was a preferred claim.</p> <p>Same — Claims'—Priority—Trust Fund. Where funds were given to the deceased for the purpose of purchasing certain real estate and commingled with his private funds without consummating the purchase, the same constituted a trust fund, creating a preferred claim against the estate superior to the claims of the general creditors.</p>