Estate of Appenfelder

This is an appeal from an order admitting to probate the last will and testament, together with the codicil thereto, of Charles Rudolph Appenfelder, deceased. The decedent executed his will on August 24, 1924, and on March 2, 1926, made the codicil. By these instruments he bequeathed $2,000 to his former wife (divorced at the time the will was published) and devised to her a life estate in certain real property situate in Glendale, California. Of the remainder over, y8 was given to the appellant, Katherine Louise Appenf elder, described in the will as “my niece” but who at the time was in fact the wife of a nephew of the deceased. The balance of the remainder over was distributed among Emma C., Hugo William and Fred Appenf elder. A like disposition was made of all the rest, residue and remainder of the estate, i. e., % to the appellant, 17/40 to Emma C. Appenf elder and 9/40 each to Hugo William, and Fred Appenf elder. On December 8, 1927, the deceased and appellant were married, she having been divorced from her former husband in the meantime. On March 19, 1928, Charles Rudolph Appenf elder died at Cheyenne, Wyoming, being at the time a resident of Los Angeles County, California.…