Webster v. Webster
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King County. Suit for divorce by David H. Webster against Sarab A. Webster. Defendant answered and also filed a cross-complaint upon wbicb a decree oí divorce was rendered. The court made, among others, the following finding of facts: “IN.
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Appeal from Superior Court, King County. Suit for divorce by David H. Webster against Sarab A. Webster. Defendant answered and also filed a cross-complaint upon wbicb a decree oí divorce was rendered. The court made, among others, the following finding of facts: “IN. That the following property, to wit: All of lot two and a strip three feet wide off of the north side of lot three in block seven, in Boren and Denny’s addition to Seattle, is part and parcel of two lots originally purchased on or about the 24th day of July, 1869, at a time when the plaintiff and defendant were living together…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dunbar, J.
— The main question to be decided in this case involves the construction of § 2007 of the Code of Washington, which is as follows:
“Sec. 2007. In granting a divorce, the eourt shall also make such disposition of the property of the parties as shall appear just and equitable, having regard to the respective merits of the parties, and to the condition in which they will be left by such divorce, and to the party through whom the property was acquired, and to the burdens imposed upon it for the benefit of the children, and shall make provision for…
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