Stout

This is an action to quiet title to certain real property in San Bernardino County. From the evidence introduced, the following facts appear: The defendant Stout and the plaintiff were formerly husband and wife. They had acquired the real property involved in this action, together with certain other real property situated in Los Angeles County. On April 19, 1922, Stout conveyed the San Bernardino property to his wife by quitclaim deed. On February 6, 1924, Stout and his wife, the plaintiff herein, joined in another quitclaim deed, conveying the same premises to the plaintiff, the'deed stating that it was given and accepted for the express purpose of vesting title in the wife, as her separate property. On March 12, 1925, as a part of a property settlement, the defendant Stout agreed to give to the plaintiff the real property in Los Angeles County, and the plaintiff executed and delivered to Stout a grant deed conveying to him the San Bernardino property, which deed contained the following clause: “This deed is given to carry out the mutual agreement of the parties hereto that said property shall become vested in the Grantee, as the Grantee’s sole and separate property free from all…