Benham v. Hawkins
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered February 27, 1914, in favor of the plaintiff, upon allowing claims against an estate, after a trial to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff seeks to have a balance due upon a promissory note given to him by E. C. Hawkins, deceased, adjudged to be a valid claim against the community estate of E. C. Hawkins and Emma A. Hawkins, his wife; and, also, to have certain real property claimed by Emma A. Hawkins as her separate property decreed to be the property of the community estate, and subjected to the payment of creditors thereof, including the claim of the plaintiff, in due course of the administration of the estate. Trial before the court without a jury resulted in judgment and decree in behalf of plaintiff as prayed…
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