Hynes v. Hynes

Plaintiff and defendant met in Anchorage, Alaska, in the year 1937. At that time, and since, plaintiff was a single person. Defendant was then married to a man by the name of Quetschke. Shortly after they met, plaintiff learned that defendant was a married woman. Plaintiff testified that he left Alaska for Seattle, and, two or three weeks later, he met defendant there after she got off the Alaska boat. They went to Seaview and held themselves out as husband and wife.

A contract was entered into for the purchase of certain real estate from a man by the name of Abrams and his wife. Plaintiff…