Achilles v. Hoopes

The question presented by this case is whether the community or separate character of a promissory note, executed by the husband alone, is determined by the law of the place where it was made or by the law of the place where it was payable.

The defendants are husband and wife and have been such at all times material to this case. In 1948, their family home was in Seattle, Washington. During June of that year, defendant husband went to Coos Bay, Oregon, to work, and his wife remained in Seattle. October 5, 1948, while in Oregon, the husband made and delivered his promissory note to plaintiff.…