Guardianship of Estate of Kawakita

42 Cal.2d 840 (1954)

271 P.2d 13

Guardianship of the Persons and Estates of HIROKO KAWAKITA et al., Minors.

HIROKO KAWAKITA et al., Appellants,

v.

W.H. LORENZ, as Guardian, etc., Respondent.

Docket No. L.A. 22281.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 28, 1954.

Morris Lavine for Appellants.

Horton & Knox, Harry W. Horton and R.L. Knox, Jr., for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Hiroko Kawakita and her brother, Tomoya, are native-born children of Yasabura Kawakita, an alien Japanese, who was appointed guardian of his children and of their estates in 1923. In 1927, Yasabura furnished the funds to purchase a lot…