Sponogle v. Sponogle

Citations

• 86 Wash. 649
• 151 P. 43
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1040

Syllabus

<p>Gifts — Delivery—Deed and Bill of Sale. Where a deed and hill of sale from a husband to his wife was delivered to her as a gift at the time of execution, there is a sufficient delivery to support the gift without manual delivery of the property.</p> <p>Husband and Wife — Community Property — Gift to Wife. By Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8766, a conveyance of community property from husband to wife makes it her separate property.</p> <p>Executors and Administrators — Property Subject to Administration — Application to Debts. Where a widow, believing in good faith that all of the estate had been given to her, used her own money, together with community funds on deposit in a bank constituting the entire community estate, to pay the debts of the estate and funeral expenses, which exceeded the amount of the deposit, the deposit is not subject to administration at the suit of an heir, all debts having been paid; since it was applied as the law requires it to be applied.</p>