Longmaid v. Coulter

Upon the trial of this case in the superior court the trial judge rendered the following opinion:

“The defendants are husband and wife, and have been such ever since November 3, 1891. The default of the defendant William has been entered, and the cause was tried upon the amended complaint, and the answer of defendant Harriet A, Coulter thereto. There is no dispute as to the facts, which are substantially as follows:

“The plaintiff was on the fifth day of November, 1890, the owner of and possessed of a lot of land in Sausalito, known as lot 46, in block A. On that day he entered into a verbal…