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· 5/7/1912

Patterson v. McWhirk

Citations

  • 68 Wash. 377
  • 123 P. 515
  • 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1297

Syllabus

<p>Wills — Undue Influence — Evidence—Sufficiency. A will will not be set aside for undue influence, where the testator had testamentary capacity, and at the time of making the will was free and unrestrained in exercising his volition, and the evidence only raises a suspicion that the principal beneficiary had some opportunity to exercise undue influence, which was denied, especially where other favored beneficiaries had no such opportunity.</p>

Judges: Crow

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