Merrick v. Appenzeller

Citations

• 115 Wash. 181
• 196 P. 629
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 696

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wife (20)—Separate Property of Wife-—Evidence ■—Sufficiency. The presumption that property acquired by the wife during marriage is community property is overcome by evidence showing she had several thousand dollars before marriage, that she acquired three thousand more by inheritance and insurance proceeds; that she invested this money in business and purchased real estate from the profits of the business; and that the property which it is sought to subject to community debts was paid for by 'trading in her separate realty and by application of her separate funds derived from gift, inheritance and insurance.</p>