Lisenbee

The action was 'brought to quiet title to forty-three acres of land in San Joaquin County. Defendant, Maud Lisenbee, who was married to Charles S. Lisenbee in 1912 and was his second wife, was the only serious contestant of plaintiff’s claim. Her opposition is based primarily upon the contention that the land was community property, and that the conveyance to plaintiff was made to defraud her of her community rights. Twenty acres of the land in controversy were conveyed to Charles Rothwell Lisenbee, a son of Charles S. Lisenbee by a former wife, by a deed from A. S. Gunn and wife, on August 23, 1913. The remaining twenty-three acres were conveyed by the said Charles S. Lisenbee and Maud Irene Lisenbee to said son on April 17, 1915, and he conveyed both parcels to plaintiff for a valuable consideration on the thirtieth day of January, 1917. On May 22, 1915, the said Maud Lisenbee brought an action against her husband for divorce on the ground of cruelty. She was denied a decree for the reason that her testimony was not sufficiently corroborated, but on May 19, 1916, she was awarded a certain amount for maintenance, and on November 12, 1917, an execution was issued thereon. This was…