Schwab v. Hava
Schwab v. Hava
Opinion of the Court
Rudolph Schwab obtained a judgment on June 27, 1918, against Adrian 1-Iava for the sum of $535, with-6 per cent, interest thereon from November 27, 1916, and all costs. He seeks, in the present suit, to have certain property standing of record in the name of Marie Ernestine Chavigny wife of Adrian Hava, declared to be community property and subject to seizure in.satisfaction of his said judgment. The defense is fraud and collusion between Rudolph Schwab and Adrian Hava and that the property sought to be levied upon is the separate and paraphernal' property of Mrs. 1-Iava for having been bought with her own separate funds.
The district judge was of the opinion that neither of these defenses were sustained by sufficient evidence, and he accordingly rendered judgment as prayed for by plaintiff. From that judgment, Mrs. Hava prosecutes the present appeal.
The other defense, to the effect that the property sought to be held liable to seizure under plaintiff’s judgment, equally lacks sufficient proof for its maintenance.
It is shown that the debt due to plaintiff
The judgment appealed from should therefore be affirmed, and it is so ordered.
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- (Syllabus by Editorial Staff.) 1. Judgment 4&wkey;95l (’1) — Burden of destroying presumption of validity of judgment stated. Where a judgment creditor seeks to subject to his judgment as community property certain property standing in the name of the judgment debtor’s wife, the burden is on the wife to show that the judgment was invalid, and thereby to shift the burden of proof to plaintiff; the judgment being valid on its face. 2. Judgment &wkey;>951(4) — Fraud and collusion in obtaining judgment not shown. Where a judgment creditor holding under a judgment valid on its face sought to subject as community property certain property standing in the name of the judgment debtor’s wife, she claiming fraud and collusion between her husband and .the judgment - creditor, evidence held insufficient to sustain the defense. 3. Husband and wife All property bought by either of the spouses during marriage is presumed to belong to the community, in view of Civ. Code, art. 2402.