Oates v. Shuey

Citations

• 25 Wash. 597
• 66 P. 58
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 437

Syllabus

<p>MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES-TRIAL OF TITLE — DECREE FINDING TITLE IN HUSBAND — CONCLUSIVENESS AS TO WIFE’S INTEREST.</p> <p>Under the rule that questions of paramount title cannot be tried in suits for foreclosure of mortgages; a wife is not bound by a decree in a foreclosure proceeding which finds that her husband was the sole and separate owner of the property and that she had no interest therein, even though she was made a party to the suit because of having joined in the execution of the note, was personally served, and made defendant therein.</p>