Davis

Davis v. Davis

Good Law
1963 Cal. App. LEXIS 1714·222 Cal. App. 2d 691·35 Cal. Rptr. 281
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 27, 1963Civ. 283California891 words

Opinion

Opinion

Brown, J.

Appellant appeals from an interlocutory decree of divorce, limiting her appeal to a portion of the judgment relating to property which the trial court found to be in joint tenancy.

Appellant originally sold some stock which was her separate property. With the proceeds of the sale appellant and respondent bought a family home (title being taken in joint tenancy), and later sold a portion of the realty for which the unpaid balance of the sales price was represented by a note and deed of trust in the names of the husband and wife as joint tenants. Respondent at the time of the marriage owned real property in the State of Nevada which he subsequently sold for $6,300, and was receiving payments on a note from the sale of other land in California. Appellant subsequently sued for divorce, alleging that this real estate and deed of trust describing appellant and respondent as joint tenants were in fact the separate property of the appellant.

An issue as to the character of the properties was joined in that the respondent in his answer alleged that the real property and the note and deed of trust were taken by the respective parties as joint tenants, that there was no other agreement,…

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