Dabney

These are consolidated appeals, by plaintiffs Clifford R. Dabney and his wife, in four eases affecting plaintiffs’ asserted interest in certain properties which are inventoried in the estate of Louise E. Dabney, deceased. The trial court sustained demurrers to the various complaints without leave to amend, made orders of dismissal in three cases, and rendered judgment that plaintiffs take nothing in the fourth. The main action (L.A. No. 21893) is against Milton H. Philleo, individually and as executor of the estate of Louise, and others. The amended complaint in that action, according to its title, is for “Declaratory Relief, Constructive Trust, Resulting Trust, Accounting, Quiet Title, Appointment of Receiver and Injunction”; it sets forth plaintiffs’ claims, adverse to the estate, based on the alleged fraud of Joseph B. Dabney, predeceased husband of Louise and uncle of Clifford. Actions L.A. Nos. 21890, 21891 and 21892 are against persons to whom Clifford assigned fractional shares of his interest in all property which he “is, or will be, entitled to have distributed or otherwise paid to him from the . . . estate”; in these three actions plaintiffs seek declaratory relief and…