In Re Estate of Olson

This is an appeal from a superior court judgment declaring a certain promissory note to be property held in joint tenancy with right of survivorship rather than community property. The precise issue presented concerns the interpretation and application of RCW 64.28.

Victor Olson and Georgie Ethel Olson were married on August 12,1926. In 1967 a loan of $55,000 consisting of funds of the marital community was made to Dorothy W. Linn. A promissory note dated June 5, 1967, and an accompanying real estate mortgage evidenced this obligation. The note is *856payable to the order of “Victor Olson or Ethel…