Weigel v. Wiener, Et Vir’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “It is useless to adjudicate the homestead character of the property because a study of the agreement leaves no doubt that a consideration was present and at the time the deed became effective the parties were unmarried. It will be remembered that the deeds were placed in escrow to be delivered after the decree of divorce had been granted. They, therefore, became effective upon delivery . . . which, in turn, was conditioned upon the entry of a decree of divorce. At the time of the actual delivery, the parties being no longer husband and wife, the property had lost its character as an estate by entirety and had become one of tenancy in common. . . . Although a deed from a husband and wife to the wife through a third person conveying homestead property, without consideration, would be invalid, the particular transaction here complained about is not subject to that infirmity. In the circumstances alleged there was merely a transfer of title from the holder of an undivided one-half interest to the owner of the remaining interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Johnson