Chappell v. Chappell

Citations

• 124 Wash. 128
• 213 P. 684
• 1923 Wash. LEXIS 851

Syllabus

<p>Wills (58, 59) — Construction—What Law Governs — Intent of Testator — Trust Estates. Notwithstanding the general rule that the law of the domicile governs a will of personal property, the laws of this state will be applied to uphold a charitable devise, valid in this state but invalid in California, the actual domicile of the testator, where he took to, or kept all his property in, this state that it might be administered here, and made his will in, and described himself as being of, this state; in view of Rem. Comp. Stat., § 1415, and of the solicitude of the courts to give effect to the testator’s intent as to charitable bequests.</p>