White v. Chellew

Citations

• 108 Wash. 628
• 185 P. 621
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 931

Syllabus

<p>Deeds—Delivery. Where a deed and will of the same property were made in extremis one day before the grantor’s death, and it is evident no reservation was made, an immediate delivery of the deed was intended where the grantor stated they were all right and left them with the scrivener without directions as to delivery.</p> <p>Wills (1, 70-1)—Estates Created—Conditions and Restrictions —Contesting Will. Where a deed to a devisee was made at the same time the will was executed, and the will recited that the property had been deeded to him, the grantee,.to whom the deed was delivered at once, takes under the deed and not under the will, so that his estate is not defeated by a contest of the will, under the forfeiture clause in the will.</p>