Legal Opinion

Guardianship of Estate of Kawakita

California Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 1954No. L. A. 22281PublishedCited by 6 opinions

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…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Kawakita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. Lyon v. GossCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Estate of EstremCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Hayashi v. LorenzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Estate of KayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947

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3Cited by6 opinions

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