Ikeda v. Curtis

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages for fraud in the sale of a hotel property.

George S. Ikeda and his wife are Japanese. He has spent most of his life doing farming and farm labor in Salinas and San Jose, California. They have seven children, five of whom are living with them. They came to Seattle in November, 1950. At first they lived with his brother-in-law, Tom Funamori, who operated the American Hotel in Seattle. Ikeda did janitor work and operated the elevator. In June, 1951, they purchased the Strand Hotel, located at 2212% First Avenue.

August 26, 1951, Frank Yamashita, a…