McKnight v. McDonald

Citations

• 34 Wash. 98
• 74 P. 1060
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 316

Syllabus

<p>Community Property — Statutes—Title—Agreement to Take Eeeect Upon Death. An act entitled “An act relating to and defining the property rights of husband and wife” is sufficient to support the provisions of §4492 Bal. Code, authorizing an agreement between husband and wife passing the title to community realty to the survivor upon the death of either spouse, since it need not be an index of the act, and such provision is germane thereto.</p> <p>Same — Agreement Taking Eeeect Upon Death not a Will— General Provisions Yield to Subsequent Special Ones. Said act is not open to the objection that it refers to the construction of wills and repeals Bal. Code § 4601, since such an agreement is not a will and is not governed by the law relating to wills; and if it were, the general provisions would yield to this subsequent special one.</p>