Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Mantz

This action is by plaintiff, a judgment creditor of A. W. Gorman, against defendant, who is the divorced wife of Gorman, to impress a lien upon certain valuable residence property in Atherton, San Mateo County, upon the contention that the judgment is a community debt and the property, prior to divorce, was the community property of the spouses, which as such may be subjected to payment of the judgment. While the prayer is that all of said property be declared community property, and subjected to the lien of said judgment, the briefs all proceed upon the assumption that only a one-half…