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Decedent and Ms. Friedeberg jointly obtained interests in
several other properties after they began living together. On
February 10, 1983, decedent and Ms. Friedeberg acquired property
located at 406 Chenery Street (Chenery), San Francisco,
California, as joint tenants. The total downpayment for Chenery
of $31,841.50 consisted of $1,000 cash and a check dated March
10, 1983, for $30,841.50. The cash and the check funds were
drawn from a checking account held at California Federal Savings
Bank, which account was in the joint names of decedent and Ms.
Friedeberg. The parties agree that the fair market value of
Chenery as of the date of decedent's death was $250,000.
On September 12, 1984, decedent and Ms. Friedeberg acquired
property located at 941 Dolores Street (Dolores), San Francisco,
California, as joint tenants. The purchase price of Dolores was
$290,000. The escrow closing statement for the purchase of
Dolores shows that a downpayment of $59,514.98 was made in the
form of a deposit, and the closing statement names both decedent
and Ms. Friedeberg as the parties making the downpayment. On
September 13, 1984, as part of the purchase transaction, decedent
and Ms. Friedeberg assumed a previous loan from American Savings
and Loan Association in the amount of $117,218.39 payable to the
previous owners of the property. Decedent and Ms. Friedeberg
also signed a note secured by a deed of trust in the amount of
$112,781.61 payable to the previous owners. The parties agree
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