Spear v. Farwell

EDMONDS, J., pro tem.

Plaintiff: had judgment against Lyman Farwell in an action brought solely against him upon a promissory note. Thereafter, execution was issued and levied upon a bank account standing in the names of Lyman Farwell and Flora Howes Farwell, his wife, as joint tenants. Mrs. Farwell filed with the sheriff her third party claim to the money as being her sole property in which her husband had no interest. Upon a hearing in response to plaintiff’s motion to determine title to the money, the superior court made its order finding that Mrs. Farwell was the owner of the bank deposit…