In re Estate of Elizabeth W. Sackman

On December 16, 1948, Harold S. Phillips filed an amended petition and complaint in the above-entitled matter, stating, in the introductory paragraph, that he did so both individually and as an executor of Mrs. Sackmans estate. In that dual capacity, he alleged (1) that Elizabeth W. Sackman, a resident of King county, Washington, died on December 21, 1914; (2) that a petition for probate of her last will was filed on January 5, 1915, and on that day duly admitted to probate; (3) that he, the plaintiff, a grandson of the deceased, his father, William Renton Phillips, and his uncle, Joseph W. Phillips, were named as executors in the will; (4) that his father, William Renton Phillips, being a resident of Oregon, declined to serve, but that he, the plaintiff, and his uncle, Joseph W. Phillips, were appointed and confirmed as coexecutors of the will in the decree entered admitting the will to probate on January 5, 1915, and that they duly qualified as executors on January 8, 1915; and (5) that he, the plaintiff, was a legatee under his grandmothers will. We quote from a copy of the will attached to, and by reference made a part of, the petition and complaint: