PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-493-7

PARENT COLLECTION

Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection

DESCRIPTION

Ruling of the Supreme Court of Washington, in which the majority states that "Clearly, Mr. Faucett was not mentally and physically capable August 16, 1927, of making a will" and concludes that "The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to set the will aside." Majority opinion authored by Judge Millard, signed by judges Mitchell, Fullerton, Beals, Main, and Holcomb. Also included is a minority dissent authored by Judge Tolman and signed by Judge Parker. "It is a well known fact that the most honest witness, when his sympathies are aroused and when aided by even a slight tincture of race prejudice, is prone to exaggerate. If allowance be made for these human failings, it is at once apparent that the evidence does not preponderate against the findings of the trial court."

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection, Densho

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