California Supreme Court April 1, 1929, Docket No. L.A. 9375. (Haruko Takeuchi v. Schmuck)

SEAWELL, J.

Plaintiff, a native-born American citizen of Japanese parentage, brought this action to recover the sum of $500 paid by her, as a deposit on account of the purchase of real property in the city of Los Angeles for residence purposes, which purchase was never consummated, and also to recover the sum of $105, alleged to have been expended by her in payment of taxes on said property for