Cole

The plaintiff John R. Cole obtained a decree herein against the defendant Effie T. Manning adjudging him to be the owner of an undivided one-half interest in a ranch in Sonoma County, California, and sole owner of two parcels of land situate in the state of Idaho. Said decree furthermore ordered the cancellation of certain deeds theretofore executed by plaintiff to defendant conveying to the latter said Idaho property, and directed defendant to execute and deliver to plaintiff instruments of conveyance to all property of which he was by said decree declared to be the owner, or in the event of defendant’s failure so to do, that the clerk of the court execute and deliver the same. It was further adjudged that plaintiff was entitled to his share of the income from said properties subsequent to the entry of said decree. Defendant appeals and as first ground for reversal urges that the evidence is insufficient to support the findings.

It appears from the evidence that during the year 1910 plaintiff, an unmarried man, residing in Inchelium, Washington, began corresponding with defendant through the medium of an advertisement inserted in a Los’ Angeles matrimonial publication by…