Brenchley v. Brenchley

Citations

• 96 Wash. 223
• 164 P. 913
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 897

Syllabus

<p>Descent and Distribution — Joint Property — Rights oe Wife— Illegal Marriage. Where a woman entered into a marriage in good faith, without knowledge that the marriage was void because the husband had been divorced within less than six months previously, and they lived together in good faith as man and wife and accumulated property by their joint efforts, the probate court has jurisdiction, on the death of the husband, to award one-half of the property to her, as a just and equitable distribution of their joint accumulations.</p>