Cook v. Cook

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the testator’s statements were “just as readily explained as an expression of his then intentions, rather than as a recognition of an existing agreement”
• stating that an agreement to devise can be oral
• action to enforce an asserted oral contract to devise
• action to enforce an asserted oral contract to devise

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tyson v. Tyson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-10-30· cited 106×
• Colonial Imports, Inc. v. Carlton Northwest, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 100×
• Bentzen v. Demmons
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-01-11· cited 66×
• Bale v. Allison
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-02-11· cited 55×
• In Re Estate of Thornton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-07-27· cited 53×
• Walk v. State, Dept. of Licensing
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-05-13· cited 26×
• State v. Paul
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-04-02· cited 11×
• Thompson v. Henderson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-01-10· cited 11×
• In Re Estate of Richardson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-08-01· cited 11×
• Donner v. Donner
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-09-24· cited 10×
• Dennis Bale, / Cross v. Robert E. Fletcher, / Cross
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-02-11
• In Re The Estate Of Donald Lewis Cross
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2018-02-06

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bland v. Mentor
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-10-17· cited 93×
• Supove v. Densmoor Et Ux
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1961-01-11· cited 43×
• Alexander v. Lewes
  Washington Supreme Court· 1918-10-15· cited 36×
• Swash v. Sharpstein
  Washington Supreme Court· 1896-04-17· cited 27×
• Bicknell v. Guenther
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-02-25· cited 15×
• Arnold v. Beckman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-11-15· cited 11×
• Cook v. Cook
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-02-08· cited 4×