Show WOMEN WIN IN washington supreme court curtails hubbes power to dispose of goods without cifes consent no more is the married man of washington absolute head of 0 the family ile he shares that post with walh the wife of his heart so far as the disposal of community personal persona pro property Is concerned man was demoted from his high estate and his authority cur curtailed by a recent decision of the state supreme court which held that the mrs of the household has an equal share in tile the personal property and must be consulted benoie it can tie be transferred the decision was rendered says the spokane chronicle in the case of a man named steel who was found guilty of alienating the affections of another mans wife judgment was rendered against him find and the question of using community pro pr opery perS to satisfy tile the debt was brought before the tribunal chief justice eills with the concurrence of six associate judges reversed former decisions which have been the basis of law on tins this pol point t for 20 years or more in the state and held hat hat the community personal onal property is liable only for those debts contracted for the community and in tile the community interests under former decisions the lie power of the husband over community property was absolute except that he could not will awny away more than half the other half going to the wife at ills his death ile he could mortgage sell or dissipate the family personality without the consent of his wife tile the furniture could be suld over her head to pay the debts of a drunken husband A judgment for a husbands wrong conduct could be collected from her half of the personal son al pi property as well as his now the huband Is no more than an agent M ate court acourt has held |