Jones v. Lamont
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County distributing the estate of a deceased person. Matt F. Johnson, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIPMAN, C.
Appeal from decree of distribution. The controversy arises out of a certain contract of separation between deceased in her lifetime and her surviving husband, appellant. The court found that the husband had no interest in the wife’s estate, she having died intestate. The court also found that shortly prior to May 29, 1884, the said deceased commenced an action' against her said husband for divorce and division of the property: that a compromise was agreed to on said day last named, pursuant to which the agreement in question was entered into *500and the suit for divorce and division of…
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