Legal Opinion
Gray v. United States
District Court, C.D. California
Decided January 24, 1977No. CV 73-1626-GJSPublished
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOLOMON, District Judge:
This case was remanded by the Court of Appeals to this Court for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the claim of Jane Robertson against the estate of William Robertson for life insurance proceeds was founded on a promise or undertaking which was bona fide and for adequate and full consideration.
William Robertson was a well-known and successful lawyer and a member of a prominent Los Angeles law firm. He and his wife, Jane Robertson, separated on August 15, 1966, after 22 years of marriage. He was the one who insisted on the separation. On August 24,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- A. Frederic Leopold and Walter A. Keane, as Executors of the Estate of Hans G. M. De Schulthess, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- William P. Gray, as of the Will of William G. Robertson, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976