Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-23
0. W. CHILDS'S WILL.
1t is Filed for Probate in
the Courts.
1t Devises Property Worth Over
a Million Dollars.
Mrs. Childs Made Sole ExecutriX
With Plenary Powers.
The Property Goes Half to the Widow
and the Other Half Equally to Six
Children of the Testator.

Emeline Childs asks for the probat,
of the will of the late O. w. Childs
The will was made November Is, 1888
with codicil of the same date. 1t wa,
deposited in the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank from the time of it's beins
made until after the death of Mr.
Childs. Mrs. Childs is made the sole
executrix Of the will. The family con
sists of 0. w. Childs, Jr., 25 years old
and Stephen V. Childs, aged ~, the
sons of deceased; and Emma S. Childs
aged 81, Carrie NJ. Childs, aged 10, Ruth
E. Childs, aged II, and Hortense c.
Childs, aged 10, the four daughters OF
the deceased. The will is witnessed by
w. J. Brodrick and K. H. Chapman.
The estate consists of Sc, ,122.50 cash,
305 shares of stock in the
Main and Agricultural park, $15, ,25O
IS shares stock in the Farmers and
Merchants Bank, 100000; 365 shares
stock in the Los Angeles Lighting Com
pany, $500; S04 shares City Water
stock, 100000; shares Los Angeles Alb
stract Company, $500; 100 shares stock
Security Savings Bank, $4,000; bonds,
bills payable and solvent debts, $19,-
345.65; total personal property, $31s,-
71S21.
The real estate consists of 81 lots in
the Childs tract; half interest in 30
acres on Alameda street known as the
Estrella tract; two lots in the Huber
tract, four in the Pioneer building tract,
nine lots in Ord's survey, the opera
house property; 33 feet on Los Angeles
street, near Commercial; an in
terest in the building where the Los
Angeles Furniture Company is; Lot 2
in the Requena tract; lot and building
corner Temple and New High streets |;
thirty-fve acres in the canal and reser-
voir tract; third interest in thirty-fve
acres same tract; One-half interest in
seventy-three feet on Main street, be-
tween Second and Third; lot in Ra-
mona; a half interest in twenty-three
acres, Rancho San Rafael; three lots, San
Fernando; twenty acres, Crescenta
Canada; five lots, Agricultural park
one lot, Wilmington; one lot, Ingle-
wood; one-sixth interest in $50 acres in
Rancho San Pedro; one-half interest
in $50 acres, same; one-half in
terest in Childs's Height tract;
one-sixth interest Elysian Heights
tract, one-half interest Golden West
tract, one-fifth interest 524 acres San
Bernardino county, and other real estate
in San Diego. The Los Angeles county
property is returned at $621 800, the San
Bernardino property at $50, 900, and the
San Diego property at SIC, 200.
The whole estate, real and personal,
is valued at 81 100000.
The will declares all the property
community property. 1t provides that
Mrs. Childs shall not give bonds as
executrix. 1t also authorizes Mrs.
Childs to sell and convey the prop
erty as she may think fit with
out any permission of any
court. 1t provides that the prop
erty after the payment of all just debts
be distributed to the wife and children
according to the provisions of Article
Code of Civil Procedure. Mrs. Childs is
to be guardian during the minority OF
the children. The money is to be turned
over to the children as fast as they come
of age-as she thinks fit, but the whole
of each share to be turned over when
the child is 25 years old.
1Hc CoulCll slIHply CoHHrllS IIle Will,
and provides that in case the statutory
provisions for the distribution of such
estates should change before the death
of Mr.. Childs, then the distribution is to
be made according to such statutory pro-
visions as may be in force at the time of
his death.
The statutory provisions by which the
distribution is to be made gives Mrs.
Childs one-half OF all the property left by
her husband, the other half to be dis
tributed to the children share and share
alike.
Mrs. Childs is reported to be worth
something like a quarter OF million
dollars worth of property in her own
right. She is, therefore, with what she
lnherits from the estate, worth upwards
of $750,000.
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