Edinger v. Edinger

— When Jessie and John Edinger married, September 15, 1937, his father’s ownership and management of the Centralia Daily Chronicle did not entirely assuage the doubts or remove the uncertainty from their financial future. At the age of 23, following graduation from the University of Washington School of Journalism and one year of graduate study at Harvard School of Business, John *199Edinger’s cash assets consisted of $50. Jessie, with 3 years of college and 2 years of employment as a bookkeeper in her father’s hardware store, brought $80 to the marriage. Taking his $50 and matching it with $50…