Farley v. Drake

Citations

• 63 Wash. 437
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1222

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Pbobate-—Petition—Necessity. Where a will has been filed with the clerk of the court, the court may take proof and probate the will without the filing of any formal petition by an interested party, under Rem. & Bal. Code, §§.1297, 1288, providing for the immediate probate of wills offered, and that wills filed may be opened and retained for probate.</p> <p>Wills — Revocation—“Will”—Sufficiency of Writing. Under Rem. Bal. Code; § 1322, providing that no will in writing shall be revoked except by a subsequent will in writing, a will may be re-Yoked by a writing executed with the solemnity of a will, although the revocation is not a will in the technical sense of making a disposition of any property.</p>