Jean

The judgment is affirmed. Whether respondent owns without restriction certain shares of stock in a family corporation as a gift inter vivos from his father and mother, or whether he owns a life interest in the income of their equivalent as a legacy under the will of his father, is the foundation of this proceeding. The control of this corporation is perhaps involved also in the result of this action. The discussion of counsel is voluminous and covers a wide field, but the reasons impelling our conclusion may be confined to a comparatively narrow space. As we have determined that the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict and judgment, we shall emphasize only that evidence favorable to respondent's contentions, as it may be freely admitted that the evidence is in sharp conflict.

On June 8, 1914, and for many years prior thereto, F. A. and Mary Jean, husband and wife, owned as tenants in common, and not as community property, a certain lot on Flower Street in the city of Los Angeles, upon which was situated on the above date the Jean Hotel, a hostelry of some one hundred rooms. The couple had five children, four sons and a daughter. Having reached an advanced age in life,…