Penn Mut. Life Ins. v. Fields

YANKWICH, District Judge.

I. The Factual Situation in the Case W. C. Fields, the well-known actor, died Los Angeles County, California, on De cem'ber 25, 1946. Surviving him are his widow, Harriet V. Fields, to whom' he was married at San Francisco, in 1900, and a son, W.Claude Fields, born in 1903. At the time of his death, the marriage had not been dissolved, although the parties had not lived together, as husband and wife, since 1907. The mother and son lived at various times in New York and California prior to July 7, 1936. Since that time, they have made California their permanent home.…