Weymouth v. Sawtelle

Citations

• 14 Wash. 32
• 44 P. 109
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 298

Syllabus

<p>HUSBAND AND WIFE — COMMUNITY PROPERTY — PRESUMPTION — SEPARATE PROPERTY OF WIFE — EFFECT OF FAILURE TO FILE INVENTORY.</p> <p>The presumption that land, acquired by purchase during the existence of the marital relation, is community property, is a disputable one which may be rebutted by proof. •</p> <p>The failure of a married woman to file an inventory of her separate estate as required by-the statute- in force when she acquired property in 1871, will not operate as a waiver of her right to claim her separate estate in property which she acquired from the proceeds of that held in 1871, long after the repeal of the statute requiring the filing of such inventory, especially when it does not appear that credit had been extended to the community in consequence of the absence of such inventory.</p>