Estate of Matthiessen

Appellant, Mabel Chapman Jones, as executrix of the estate of Maude C. Bush Matthiessen, and individually, as the residuary legatee of said estate, appeals from certain portions of an order and decree settling first and final account and ordering partial distribution of the estate of Maude C. Bush Matthiessen, deceased.

The facts, briefly, are as follows: After his marriage to decedent in August, 1927, respondent Frank Matthiessen conveyed to her a residence then owned by him in Beverly Hills, California. During the early part of the year 1932 said Frank Matthiessen separated from his wife and…