Legal Opinion

Sponogle v. Sponogle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 13, 1915No. 12469PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kitsap county, French, J., entered March 5, 1914, upon findings in favor of the defendant, in an action by an administrator to recover property as assets of an estate.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

The plaintiff, suing as administrator of his father’s estate, seeks to recover from the defendant, his stepmother, certain property claimed by him as belonging to the estate of his father, which property she claims as her own. Findings and judgment were rendered in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiff has appealed.

A day or two before the death of J. D. Sponogle, he conveyed by deed and bill of sale, duly executed and delivered, all of his real and personal property to his wife, this respondent, except possibly the sum of $663.77 then on deposit in the Dexter Horton Bank of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Christopher v. FerrisWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Hayden v. ZerbstWashington Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Stewart v. KleinschmidtWashington Supreme Court · 1908

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Pacific Nat'l Bank v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939
  2. Chaudoin v. ClaypoolWashington Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Pacific Nat'l Bank v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1939
  4. Robert Daniel Cotton, JrUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington · 2022

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