Legal Opinion
Holcomb v. Holcomb
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 7, 1954No. 11767PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*795WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
In January, 1945, the appellant, Weldon H. Holcomb, contracted to buy a house and lot in the District of Columbia for $5,850, of which $600 was paid in cash. He assumed a first trust indebtedness of $5,250, payable in monthly instal-ments. Although the contract provided for conveyance to him and his wife, Julia, the deed, dated February 1, 1945, and recorded February 11, was made to the appellant alone.
Holcomb had become Julia’s third husband in the previous July. The purchase of a home indicates the marital venture was going well in January, 1945, but it…
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