Legal Opinion
Estate of Zaring
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 13, 1949No. Civ. 16848PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDrapeau, J.
Kate A. Earing and her husband during their marriage owned a rooming house in Los Angeles. Title to the property was held in joint tenancy. Mr. Earing was the first to die, and title vested in his widow as the surviving joint tenant.
Mrs. Earing had two adult sons living, one in Los Angeles and the other in Texas. Mrs. Earing conveyed title to the rooming house to herself and the Los Angeles son, as joint tenants. This son testified that he had an understanding with the Texas brother that the property would be used, all of it if necessary, to take care of the mother in her declining years, and…
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