Shaw v. Bernal

This action, in the nature of an action to quiet title, was brought by J. W. Shaw against the executor of the will of his deceased wife, Mary J. W. Shaw, to obtain a decree that he is the sole owner of certain real property in the city of Vallejo, being lot 5 in block 265, and the west 18 feet 4 inches of lot 6 in the same block, according' to the official map of said city, with the improvements thereon, the theory of the complaint being that, the Same was the community property of the spouses, and that, under the provisions of section 1401 of the Civil Code, he became the absolute owner…