Glaze v. Pullman State Bank

Citations

• 91 Wash. 187
• 157 P. 488
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1035

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wife — Wife's Separate Property — Title—Estoppel —In Pais. A married woman holding separate property standing in her own name is not estopped to assert title thereto from the fact that her husband, in obtaining a loan, made a financial statement to the bank including her property as property which “we own,” where, upon request, she refused to sign the statement, the husband had other property, and the bank did not rely wholly upon the statement; as there was no active participation by her, and the bank was bound to notice her record title.</p> <p>Same — Wife’s Separate Property — Community Debts. The wife’s of improvements on the wife’s separate property after marriage does not make it community property, where the wife paid for the improvements with her separate funds.</p> <p>Same — Community Property — Evidence. The fact that a husband joined in a mortgage upon the wife’s separate property is not conclusive evidence that the same was community property.</p> <p>Same — Wife’s Separate Property — Community Debts. The wife’s separate property is not liable for the community debt of her husband.</p>