Woodland Lumber Co. v. Link

Citations

• 16 Wash. 72
• 47 P. 222
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 11

Syllabus

<p>HUSBAND AND WIFE—COMMUNITY PROPERTY.</p> <p>A finding by the court that certain real estate is community property, and not the separate property of the wife, will not be disturbed, when the evidence shows that title was taken in the name of the wife, subsequent to marriage, and that the larger portion of the purchase price was undisputedly paid from community funds, and that the dwelling erected thereon had been paid for with community funds, since the presumption as to the community character of the property raised by such facts, is not overcome by evidence that at the time of purchase the land was intended as a gift to the wife.</p>