Kenney

This is an action in equity to reform a deed, quiet title, and for general relief. The plaintiff is the widow of Joseph A. Kenney, deceased, and the defendants are the executors of his last will and testament, joined with certain of his heirs-at-law. Judgment went for plaintiff, and this appeal is prosecuted therefrom. The leading question involved arises upon the sufficiency of the findings of fact to support the judgment, and by reason of the views we entertain upon that proposition it becomes unnecessary to review the minor matters discussed which bear upon the legal sufficiency of the complaint and which are presented by special demurrer.

The evidence presents no important conflict; and by the evidence and the findings it appears that Joseph A. Kenney, the deceased, and plaintiff were husband and wife, and each owned considerable property, both real and personal. Having no children, they entered into an agreement in writing wherein they mutually agreed to execute deeds each to the other, conveying absolutely, in fee simple, all of their respective estates, both real and personal, situate in Santa Barbara county; and agreed that said deeds should be placed as escrows in the…