Logan

Action by plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Michael Ryan, deceased, to declare void certain transfers of real and personal property and to recover said property as a part of the estate of said deceased. Judgment was for the defendants and the plaintiff appeals.

The deceased, Michael Ryan, at the time these transfers were made, was of the age of seventy-seven years and was residing with his stepdaughter, the appellant. He had been suffering for some time from a lingering illness from which on January 24, 1916, he died. The nearest relatives, so far as the record discloses, were his brother John and certain nephews 'and nieces. Prior to September 2, 1915; the deceased was the owner of the property sought to be recovered in this action. It consisted of several pieces of real property, part of which was situate in San Francisco and the balance in Oakland, money on deposit in a bank in San Francisco and several pieces of jewelry which he kept in a safe-deposit box' in said bank. During the month of August, 1915, plaintiff and the defendant John H. Ryan, Sr., were discussing the fact that Michael had apparently made no will and they thought that the matter should be brought…