Nelson v. Carlson

Action by John Nelson against Alex Carlson, to quiet title to land in Kitsap county to which plaintiff holds the record title. The defendant alleged fee simple title to an undivided half of the land in himself, as sole heir at law of his mother, formerly one Christina Alida Carlson, whom the plaintiff married before he acquired the land, which became and continued to be the community property of plaintiff and defendant’s mother, until she died intestate in 1902. The *652existence of the alleged marriage, which was denied by the plaintiff, is the controlling issue in this case. The trial court…