Allen v. Ferretti

This is an appeal by George Allen and Mildred Allen Swift, legatees under the will of Caroline Allen, deceased, from a decree determining interest in said estate made pursuant to a petition under Probate Code, section 1080.

Appellants are the natural children of decedent and her deceased husband, George Edward Allen, who died intestate March 18, 1934. Respondent is the decedent’s son by prior marriage. At the time of his death, the bulk of George Edward’s estate consisted of 666⅔ shares of Allen Estate Company. By the terms of the decree of distribution made therein, 186⅔ shares of said stock…