Chappell v. Chappell

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• referring throughout the opinion to the appellee’s claim that the appellant breached the no contest clause as a “will contest”
• “[I]t not being denied that the contest was made in good faith, . . . we are further convinced that 9 ¶11. The Restatement (Third) of Property supports the position that a probable cause exception should be made to forfeiture provisions in will contests. Restatement (Third

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Haynes v. First Nat'l State Bk. of NJ
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-07-22· cited 83×
• Rudd v. Searles
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-03-01· cited 28×
• Boettcher v. Busse
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-11-26· cited 24×
• In Re Estate of Mumby
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-09-03· cited 22×
• Sand v. Cade
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1956-05-18· cited 14×
• Potter v. Pacific National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1973-07-24· cited 11×
• Barry v. American Security & Trust Co.
  D.C. Circuit· 1943-04-19· cited 11×
• Bronwyn Benoist Parker v. William Dean Benoist
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-02-19· cited 11×
• In Re Estate of Hartz
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1956-05-18· cited 10×
• Jenifer Duncan v. Olga Rawls
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-03-16· cited 10×
• Vaughn v. Montague
  W.D. Washington· 2013-02-14· cited 9×
• Bronwyn Benoist Parker v. William Dean Benoist
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-08-28

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Spalding v. Chandler
  Supreme Court· 1896-01-06· cited 78×
• Hoscheid v. Bartholet
  Washington Supreme Court· 1914-02-28· cited 30×
• Drace v. Klinedinst
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1922-06-24· cited 21×
• Chappell v. Chappell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1923-03-14· cited 12×
• Williamson v. American Foil Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1913-04-30· cited 3×