Legal Opinion · Dissent

In Re the Estate of Parker

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 13, 1929No. 21915. Department TwoPublished

1DissentHolcomb, J.

(dissenting) — Upon the principal appeal, I cannot view the facts, and, consequently the applicable law, as do the majority.

The facts here seem to me to overthrow the presumption as to the property being community. There is no evidence that the community furnished any part of the consideration paid for the two properties, or that they were purchased on the credit of the community, even though notes and mortgages were given, as mere expedients, as in Guye v. Guye, 63 Wash. 340, 115 Pac. 731, 37 L. R. A. (N. S.) 186; Chapman v. Edwards, 113 Wash. 224, 193 Pac. 712; Dart v. McDonald, 114 Wash.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Guye v. GuyeWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Finn v. FinnWashington Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Dobbins v. Dexter Horton & Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Nicholson v. KilburyWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  5. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. LeeWashington Supreme Court · 1910

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