Ahern v. Ahern

Citations

• 31 Wash. 334
• 71 P. 1023

Syllabus

<p>COMMUNITY PROPERTY-LANDS ACQUIRED UNDER HOMESTEAD LAWS.</p> <p>The community heirs of a deceased wife are entitled to a half interest in land acquired under the homestead laws of the United States, although patent conveying the legal title thereto was not issued to the husband until after the death of his wife, where the equitable title had vested' during the existence of the community.</p> <p>SAME-STATUS AT INCEPTION OP TITLE GOVERNS.</p> <p>Where the inchoate title to land had its inception during the existence of the community, the legal title thereto, when acquired by a surviving spouse after the dissolution of the community by death, would inure to the benefit of the community heirs.</p>