Estate of May

This is an appeal by the widow from an order for discontinuance of family allowance, from an order for ratable distribution, and from a decree of settlement of final account and final distribution in the matter of the estate of Alfred May, deceased. Appellant in her briefs has ignored the appeal from the first and second order, and accordingly we will confine our attention to the third point.

The decedent, Alfred May, was married to his first wife, Henriette F., in 1889, and immediately thereafter moved to Mexico, where he eventually engaged in business under the firm name of May Hermanos y Compañía. Four children were born as the result of this marriage. About 1913, with his wife, Henriette F., he left Mexico and came to California but did not engage in business. His income was derived entirely from his interest in May Hermanos, and from investments most of which were in Mexican corporations. On January 3, 1925, Henriette May died intestate, a resident of San Francisco, leaving surviving her husband, Alfred May, now deceased, and the. four children before mentioned. Subsequent to the death of their mother, Hen riette F. May, the four children executed to Alfred May, their…