Gray v. Gray

These are two appeals presenting for review (1) appellate procedures as a result of an intervening change in the governing statute and (2) a challenge as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding that the plaintiff was the common-law wife of the decedent Clark A. Gray, thereby entitling her to a widow’s distributive share of his estate.

The history of this case is as follows: On June 17, 1957, the decedent and the plaintiff decided to cohabit. They lived together for more than sixteen years, until the decedent’s death on March 31, 1974. The decedent’s brother, Louis N. Gray, was…