COMMONWEALTH v. TERJEN


90 S.E.2d 801 (1956)

197 Va. 596

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Henry A. TERJEN.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. C. F. Hicks, for plaintiff in error.

Willcox, Cooke & Willcox, Richard B. Spindle, III, Norfolk, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Henry A. Terjen and his wife, Jean F. Terjen, while domiciled in and residents of the State of California, accumulated personal property of substantial value held by them under the law of California as community property. In 1950 they moved from California to Virginia bringing this property with them. In September of the same year $19,000 of this community property was used in the payment for a home in the City of Norfolk, title to which was...

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