Hausfelder v. Security-First National Bank

Plaintiff sued the executor and the wife and children of decedent Joe A. Hausfelder for possession of and title to the contents of safe deposit box 423 in the office of the Hollywood Escrow and Safe Deposit Company. After a dismissal on May 21, 1945, of the action as to the legal heirs and wife, the latter filed her complaint in inter*480vention in which she asserted that the property in box 423 was a part of the community estate of herself and decedent; that she is entitled to one-half thereof as the community’s survivor; and that the court should determine the actual controversy between her and…