McBAIN v. PRATT

No. 1632.

514 P.2d 823 (1973)

Susan McBAIN, Administratrix of the Estate of John Maynard Savage, Deceased, Appellant, v. Henry S. PRATT, Trustee of the Savage Children's Trust, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Jacobs, Anchorage, for appellant.

David H. Bundy & Michael G. Briggs, of Ely, Guess & Rudd, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., BOOCHEVER, J., and Superior Court Judge THOMAS B. STEWART.


RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns issues arising from an alleged breach of contract to make a will.

On October 10, 1969, John Savage and his wife Emily executed a separation agreement. Under that agreement, John Savage promised to bequeath to a trust for the benefit of the Savage children either the agreed extant value of his law practice, or the law practice itself.1 The parties

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