Estate of Marsh

DRAPEAU, J. pro tern. *

— Naomi and John Marsh were married in 1942. She had a son by a former marriage.

In the same year Naomi’s aunt died, leaving a will by which Naomi was paid approximately $80,000. She got the first installment of $11,000 from her aunt’s estate in 1944.

In 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Marsh contracted to purchase a motel in Hollywood Beach, in Ventura County, California. The contract provided that they were to take title as joint tenants. The purchase price was to be $17,000; $1,000 down, and the balance in installments of $250 a month. They borrowed the $1,000 from the attorney for…