Legal Opinion

Andrews v. Andrews

Washington Territory

Decided January 27, 1887PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the District Court holding terms at Olympia. Second District. Action by appellant, Ada C. Andrews, against her husband, Julius Andrews, and his half-sister, Jane L. Jaqua, commenced April 8, 1884, to vacate a judgment by confession against said Julius Andrews in favor of said Jane L. Jaqua for $2,892.68, and costs, and to set aside a sale of real estate by the sheriff of Chehalis County, on February 24, 1884, upon an execution issued upon sáid judgment January…

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Appeal from the District Court holding terms at Olympia. Second District. Action by appellant, Ada C. Andrews, against her husband, Julius Andrews, and his half-sister, Jane L. Jaqua, commenced April 8, 1884, to vacate a judgment by confession against said Julius Andrews in favor of said Jane L. Jaqua for $2,892.68, and costs, and to set aside a sale of real estate by the sheriff of Chehalis County, on February 24, 1884, upon an execution issued upon sáid judgment January 16, 1884. The plaintiff claimed. that the real estate sold by the sheriff was community property, and that her husband…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Greene

The judgment sought to be vacated by the suit from which this appeal arises was in form a personal judgment against the appellee Mr. Andrews. It was under our statutes valid and enforceable, and capable of being made a lien as against his individual property. It was also valid and enforceable, and a lien under it was capable of assertion as against, community personal property of Mr. Andrews and his wife. (Code, sec. 2409.) If the judgment was one recovered for a community debt, the lien of it would extend to and cover community real estate likewise. (Code, sec. 2410.) But as to whether the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Holyoke v. Jackson, Washington Territory1882

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Schramm v. SteeleWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Strong v. EakinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Sadler v. NieszWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Calvin Philips & Co. v. LanglowWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Powell v. PughWashington Supreme Court · 1896

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