In re the Estate of Drasdo

Citations

• 36 Wash. 478
• 78 P. 1022
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 578

Syllabus

<p>Administrators and Executors — Allowance to Widow — Eight of Widow not Affected by Immoral Life — Will Disowning Wife. The right of a widow, who has been left but one dollar by the testator’s will, to have set apart to her the widow’s exemptions and an allowance during the settlement of the estate, is not affected by the fact that she visited and associated with prostitutes, where it appears that the deceased met and married her at a house of ill-fame, and associated with and invited her former associates to his home, and she merely pursued the ways he evidently desired her to pursue.</p> <p>Same — Amount of Allowance to Widow — Reasonableness. An allowance of $250 per month during the settlement of an estate, made to a widow who has been cut off by the testator with a bequest of one dollar, is not excessive where the estate was worth $50,000, producing a monthly income of over $1,500, and there were no minor heirs or direct descendants, nor any creditors.</p>