Barreiro v. Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings Ass'n

Benigno Barreiro, citizen of the United States, resident of San Diego, died testate on June 4, 1925, leaving as heirs his three minor children, Maria Teresa Barreiro, Benigno Barreiro, Jr., and Oscar Barreiro. He had been divorced from his wife, Gertrudis Marquez Barreiro, on December 29, 1923. The decree of divorce was silent as to any division of the community property, leaving them tenants in common with an equal interest therein.

Benigno Barreiro owned property in California and in Mexico, and conducted a considerable mercantile business in the latter country originally under the name…