Estate of Harrington v. Kelly

John P. Harrington died testate, and his estate, was probated in the city and county of San Francisco. No mention was made in his will of Amelia Harrington, appellant herein. Upon the hearing of the executor’s petition for distribution of the estate she appeared and filed her answer to the petition, and prayed that one half of the residue of the estate be distributed to her as the widow of the deceased. All the devisees mentioned in the will, saving one, appeared and filed opposition to the claim of the appellant as the surviving widow of the deceased. The court made its decree settling the…