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Clifford v. Lake

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 1920PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, for Gem County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Prom a judgment approving and confirming an order of the probate court, decreeing the assets of the estate of Charles Williams, deceased, to be community property, the executors of said Williams appeal.

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APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, for Gem County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Prom a judgment approving and confirming an order of the probate court, decreeing the assets of the estate of Charles Williams, deceased, to be community property, the executors of said Williams appeal. Where, at the time of the death of a party to a community, there is less estate on hand than there was at the time of the marriage, the estate will be separate in its character, as was the original capital. (Walsh v. Walsh, 84 Cal. 101, 23 Pac. 1099; Lewis v. Johns, 24 Cal. 98, 85 Am.…

1Opinion of the CourtReddoch, District Judge

The record shows that Charles Williams and Eliza B. Williams intermarried in *80Idaho in 1887. At the time of the marriage Charles Williams owned one hundred and twenty acres of land near Treasureton, Idaho, a herd of cattle and about fifteen horses. The testimony on behalf of appellants shows that the herd of cattle consisted of about one hundred head, while that on behalf of respondent shows that it did not exceed fifty in number. ■ There is no showing as to the value of the land or cattle at the time of the marriage. Soon after the marriage Charles Williams homesteaded one hundred and sixty…

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