Western States Finance Co. v. Ruff

Plaintiff commenced this suit against the defendant for the purpose of determining an adverse claim of the defendant to a parcel of real property in Hood River County. Plaintiff, in its complaint, alleged that it was then the owner in fee simple of the land referred to, and in the actual and exclusive possession thereof.

The answer of defendant admitted plaintiff’s allegations of ownership and-possession. As an affirma*444tive defense, defendant alleged in substance that on tbe twenty-second day of January, 1921, and for a long time prior thereto, the defendant was a married woman and the wife of…