Guardianship of Estate of Kawakita
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, 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 in Calexico on which there was a two-story brick business building. The purchase price of the property was' $33,000, and $7,000 in improvements were *841added during the next ten years. Title was taken in the names of the children as tenants in common, subject to a trust deed in favor of Yasabura. Hiroko attained her majority on October 19, 1937, and Tomoya…
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