Rollins

Henry S. Rollins was for a number of years a practicing attorney in the city of Los Angeles. Some years prior to his death he became estranged from his wife, and this estrangement, resulted in a legal separation of the parties. They had four children, one son and three daughters. These children were all living at the time of his death. Probably as a result of the differences between himself and wife, the relations between him and three of his children were not of the most cordial character during the latter years of his lifetime. His daughter, Florence Rollins Smith, one of the defendants, remained friendly to him during the domestic disturbances in his family, and these friendly relations continued up to the time of his death. He visited her and her family frequently, and in turn she called to see him regularly at his office. After his separation from his wife he did not live with any member of his family. For about four years immediately prior to his death, with the exception of the last month of his life, he had his lodgings in the rooming-house of Mr. and Mrs. Odell, in the city of Los Angeles. He also took some of his meals with the Odells. On March 21, 1921, at the request…