S.F. No. 5107. November 21, 1910. APPEAL from a decree of the Superior Court of Sonoma County distributing the estate of a deceased person. Emmet Seawell, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. J.R. Leppo, for Appellant. Thos. P. Boyd, W.F. Cowan, and F.A. Meyer, for Respondents. SLOSS, J. William H. Pepper died testate, leaving an estate which was appraised at one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars and over. By his will he gave to his widow, Phebe Pepper, twenty-six thousand

S.F. Nos. 2578, 2579. July 27, 1901. APPEALS from a decree settling the final account of an executor and from a decree distributing the estate of a deceased person. J.V. Coffey, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Knight Heggerty, for Appellant. Henley Costello, for Respondents in Appeal No. 2578. Drown, Leicester Drown, for Respondents in Appeal No. 2579. HENSHAW, J. The two appeals taken to this court in In the Matter of the Estate of Cudworth, Deceased, may be considered together

Application for a writ of habeas corpus. COUNSEL: Jordan & Bull, for Petitioner. JUDGES: In Chambers. Paterson, J. OPINION PATERSON, Judge The petitioner is before me on a writ of habeas corpus. The question involved is, whether, after a divorce, the husband can be required to devote his earnings to the support of his former wife. On August 25, 1884, a decree of divorce was entered in favor of Josephine M. Spencer, and against petitioner herein, and the court further ordered the defendant, petitioner