Estate of Fields

VALLÉE, J.

Appeal from an order of partial distribution. The will of W. C. Fields bequeathed $5,000 each to his sister and brother. They petitioned for distribution of the *235legacies. The widow of Fields appeals from the order distributing the legacies to them.

The verified petition for partial distribution alleged these facts: All claims against the estate have been paid except a contingent claim of the widow in the amount of $241,000. (See Fields v. Michael, 91 Cal.App.2d 443 [205 P.2d 402].) The inventory and appraisement shows the value of the estate to be about $800,000. After the payment of…