Marquardt v. Cash

From a decree establishing heirship with respect to certain property of the estate of an intestate deceased widow and determining that her surviving brother and sole heir at law is entitled to distribution of all of such property, the surviving sisters of the previously deceased husband of the widow appeal. The issue to be decided is whether the origin of such property, as between the widow and her husband, should be deemed to be community or separate, if either, and, therefore, which of sections 225, 228 and 229 of the Probate Code controls the intestate succession thereto. Por the reasons…