Estate of Creed

Y. L. Creed married Flossie Creed in 1919. Respondent Betty Knoll is the sole surviving child of the marriage. Flossie Creed died in 1942. During the marriage, Y. L. Creed was employed as a contractor and acquired property, including the commercially developed real property hereinafter described as the Bell property. In 1943, Y. L. Creed married appellant Pauline, a divorcee and a long time acquaintance. After the marriage to Pauline, Y. L. Creed was in retirement except for a few jobs in which he was not the contractor. The married couple lived off the income from Y. L. Creed’s Bell…