In re Estate of Henarie

Citations

• 3 Coffey 483

Syllabus

<p>Community Property, What is.—On the Application for Partial Distribution by the widow in this case, the court finds that the investment of $10,000, out of which the estate of the decedent developed, was community property, with the possible exception of $100 raised by him from the sale of a watch owned by him before marriage.</p> <p>Community Property—Adjustment of Eight to in Dismissal of Divorce and Execution of Eelease.—Where a woman institutes an action for a' divorce and a division of the common property, but before answer filed the suit is dismissed by stipulation, and as a part of the proceedings she receives valuable consideration in full settlement thereof and executes a receipt to that effect, the dismissal and release operate as a bar to a petition by her for partial distribution after his death.</p>