SOUSA v. FREITAS

Docket No. 26151.

10 Cal.App.3d 660 (1970)

89 Cal. Rptr. 485

MARIA JACINTO SOUSA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CATHERINE E. FREITAS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

August 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Martin & Martin, Martin, Martin & Sanford, Martin, Martin & Ward, J. Robert Ward and Francis T. Cornish for Defendants and Appellants.

Bernal, Rigney & Kilbourne and George W. Kilbourne for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

DAVID, J.*

Plaintiff Maria Jacinto de Sousa, now some 82 years old, illiterate resident of Santo Espirito, on the island of Santa Maria, Azores, Republic of Portugal, was found by the trial court to be the lawful wife of Manuel Sousa Freitas at the time of his death. Hence, she was awarded a decree imposing a constructive trust as to her marital interest on

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