Shelley v. Basso

This is an appeal by W. Frank Shelley from a decree of distribution by which all of the property which was found to belong to the estate of John Basso, deceased, was determined to be community property and was distributed to his widow, Cattarina Basso. Appellant was in court as the assignee of a 20 per cent interest in a share of the estate claimed by decedent’s daughter, Jennie V. Geisler.

Decedent by his will left all of his estate to his wife. He failed to name his daughter and his son in the will or to declare his intention not to provide for them, and the daughter had claimed in earlier…