Rutledge v. Rutledge

In an action for an accounting and partition of certain real and personal property held jointly by plaintiff and defendant, plaintiff appeals from that part of an amended decree (judgment) requiring her to pay her portion of a tax lien deficiency in connection with an income tax return on community property, which return was filed while the parties were husband and wife but the deficiency was not assessed until after they had been divorced.

Defendant also appeals from the same decree.

Plaintiff’s Appeal

Facts: Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1914, and divorced in 1949. In 1947, defendant…