Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Corbett v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 31, 1935No. 25681. Department TwoPublished

1Opinion of the CourtBlake, J.

This case is here on certiorari. Relators were defendants in an action to foreclose a mortgage on certain real estate. They answered, setting up claim of homestead in the mortgaged property. The trial court entered a decree foreclosing the mortgage and denying relators’ claim of homestead. The record here consists of the complaint, relators’ answer and the decree, in which were included certain findings of fact.

The case being of equitable cognizance, no findings of fact were necessary. Every presumption is indulged in support of the decree. When findings are made in such cases, the decree…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Traverso v. CeriniWashington Supreme Court · 1928
  2. Smith v. Dement Bros.Washington Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Thompson v. EmersonWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Messick v. National Council of the Knights & Ladies of SecurityWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Silverstone v. HanleyWashington Supreme Court · 1909

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