McClanahan v. McClanahan

Citations

• 77 Wash. 138
• 137 P. 479
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1907

Syllabus

<p>Frauds, Statute of — Orad Contract to Make Wild. An oral agreement between husband and wife to make wills whereby each left all property to the other, is within the statute of frauds and void.</p> <p>Same — Part Performance — Wills. The execution of a will is not such part performance of an oral contract to leave property to another as to take the contract out of the operation of the statute of frauds.</p> <p>Wills — Revocation. A will executed in pursuance of an oral contract to leave property to another, void under the statute of frauds, is effectually revoked by the making of a subsequent will without notice to tbe beneficiary.</p>