Chapman v. Bain

Citations

• 117 Wash. 665
• 202 P. 245
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 910

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wife (19, 53, 600 — Wife’s Separate Estate — Community Property — Presumptions — Evidence — Sufficiency. The presumption that property deeded to one spouse after marriage is community property is rebuttable by proof that property was acquired in the name of the wife by and with the consent of the husband that it should be her separate property, at a time when its acquisition worked no hindrance to, or fraud upon, creditors.</p> <p>Same (56-1) — Community Property — Improvements on Separaté Property. Where improvements upon land acquired as the separate property of the wife were made from gifts of money to her by a relative, and without the employment of community funds or resources, the status of the property as that of the wife is not affected.</p>