Knickerbocker Co. v. Hawkins
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered October 13, 1917, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on a promissory note, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, Knickerbocker Company, seeks recovery upon a promissory note and the foreclosure of a mortgage securing payment thereof, both of which were executed by the defendants, Elsie C. Hawkins and husband. Trial in the superior court resulted in judgment and decree of foreclosure against both defendants, from which she alone has appealed to this court. She defended in the superior court upon the theory that the note was given in payment of the separate debt of her husband, and that the property conveyed by the mortgage was then, and still remains, her separate property, and that,…
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