Walker v. Fowler

Charles H. Walker and plaintiff Esther W. Walker have been husband and wife since 1903. In 1925 Thomas N. Fowler, one of the defendants in this case, obtained judgment in the superior court of King county, Washington, against Charles H. Walker. Execution was issued on the judgment and the real property involved in this action was levied upon and sold by tbe sheriff, the judgment creditor Fowler becoming the purchaser at the sale.

It is conceded, or at least not questioned, that the judgment against Charles H. Walker was upon a community obligation of himself and his wife, though she was not a…