Snell v. Stickler, 5657
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Idaho |
| Writing for the Court | GIVENS, J. |
| Citation | 50 Idaho 648,299 P. 1080 |
| Decision Date | 14 May 1931 |
| Docket Number | 5657 |
| Parties | ED. SNELL, LUCY SNELL, EMMA SNELL PEDERSON and JULIA RUSKY, Respondents, v. J. C. STICKLER, and ANNIE M. STICKLER, Appellants |
299 P. 1080
50 Idaho 648
ED. SNELL, LUCY SNELL, EMMA SNELL PEDERSON and JULIA RUSKY, Respondents,
v.
J. C. STICKLER, and ANNIE M. STICKLER, Appellants
No. 5657
Supreme Court of Idaho
May 14, 1931
QUIETING TITLE-COMMUNITY PROPERTY-CONVEYANCE TO MARRIED WOMAN-PRESUMPTION.
1. In action to quiet title, parties must recover on strength of own title.
2. Every conveyance to married woman is presumed to be community property.
3. In action to quiet title to property, levied on and sold as community property, burden rested on husband and wife to prove gift solely to wife.
4. In action to quiet title to property levied on and sold as community property, determination of whether gift was made solely to wife held for trial court.
5. Finding, in action to quiet title to property levied on and sold as community property, that conveyance was to community, held supported.
APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge.
Action to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiffs. Affirmed.
Judgment affirmed. Costs to respondents. Petition for rehearing denied.
Rhodes & Estabrook, for Appellants.
The evidence is undisputed that the original property was given to Mrs. Stickler and that she always considered it as hers and likewise did Stickler; and, as between them there can be no question but that Mrs. Stickler could rightfully claim the property as her own, and the same rule applies to one who is not an innocent purchaser for value and without notice. ( Peck v. Brummagim, 31 Cal. 440, 89 Am. Dec. 195.)
S. Ben Dunlap, for Respondents.
This court has held in a long list of cases that all property acquired by either spouse during coverture is presumed to be community property, and the burden of proof rests upon the party who asserts it to be separate property to show such fact by a preponderance of the evidence. (Clifford v. Lake, 33 Idaho 77, 190 P. 714; Chaney v. Gauld & Co., 28 Idaho 76, 152 P. 468; Vaughan v. Hollingsworth, 35 Idaho 722, 208 P. 838; Ahlstrom v. Tage, 31 Idaho 459, 174 P. 605; Oylear v. Oylear, 35 Idaho 732, 208 P. 857.)
GIVENS, J. Budge, Varian and McNaughton, JJ., and Babcock, D. J., concur.
OPINION
[50 Idaho 649] GIVENS, J.
Respondents, purchasers at execution sale of certain property, levied on and sold as the community property of appellants, having received a sheriff's deed thereto, sued herein to quiet title against appellants who contend...
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