Meyers v. Albert

Citations

• 76 Wash. 218
• 135 P. 1003
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1804

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wife — Community Property. Where real property is purchased in this state with money earned in another jurisdiction by a husband or wife, it inures to the person whose money was invested therein.</p> <p>Gifts — Delivery—Deposits—Husband and Wife. Under the rule that a gift is not presumed, and that there must be a delivery passing dominion and control to the donee, the fact that a husband and wife opened a joint account in a bank, each having the right to draw therefrom, does not establish a gift from the husband to the wife of a half interest in the deposits, all of which, except one small sum, were made by him from his separate estate.</p>