Thompson v. Henderson

How courts have described this case

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

• “The wills’ failure to mention a previous contract implies there was no contract.”
• \The wills' failure to mention a previous contract implies there was no contract.\
• “Where, as here, the trial court determines that a plaintiff has failed to meet the high burden of proof [for showing the existence of an oral contract to devise], it becomes doubly hard for an appellate court to rule in the plaintiff’s favor.”

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• 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×
• Thor v. McDearmid
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-10-10· cited 47×
• Rabb v. Estate of McDermott
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-01-22· cited 10×
• Garten v. Daley
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-03-22· cited 8×
• Erickson v. Kerr
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-05-17· cited 8×
• Hofsvang v. Estate of Brooke
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-05-15· cited 5×
• In the Matter of Estate of Krappes
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-04-29· cited 5×
• Dennis Bale, / Cross v. Robert E. Fletcher, / Cross
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-02-11

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re Welfare of Sego
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-08-30· cited 470×
• Diel v. Beekman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-08-01· cited 38×
• King v. Clodfelter
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-03-25· cited 36×
• Robertson v. O'Neill
  Washington Supreme Court· 1912-02-02· cited 34×
• McGugart v. Brumback
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-12-31· cited 33×
• Humphries v. Riveland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-11-18· cited 25×
• Vermette v. Andersen
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-11-30· cited 25×
• Boettcher v. Busse
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-11-26· cited 24×
• Worden v. Worden
  Washington Supreme Court· 1917-06-06· cited 22×
• Cook v. Cook
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-05-25· cited 20×
• Bicknell v. Guenther
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-02-25· cited 15×
• Mood v. Banchero
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-01-20· cited 14×
• Arnold v. Beckman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-11-15· cited 11×
• In Re Estate of Richardson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-08-01· cited 11×
• Silhavy v. Doane
  Washington Supreme Court· 1957-04-11· cited 9×
• Rolph v. McGowan
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-05-30· cited 9×
• Woeppel v. Simanton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1958-10-09· cited 5×
• Estes v. Estes
  Washington Supreme Court· 1956-04-26· cited 2×