CLAIRE v. UNITED STATES

No. 44026.

34 F.Supp. 1009 (1940)

CLAIRE v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

October 7, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Brady, of Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Joseph H. Sheppard, of Washington, D. C., and Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert N. Anderson and Fred K. Dyar, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, and WHITAKER, Judges.


WHITAKER, Judge, delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Ina Claire, an actress, during the years 1930 and 1931, was the wife of John Gilbert, a motion picture actor. They were residents of the State of California, under whose law a spouse is entitled to one-half of the earnings of the other spouse. However, on May 31, 1930, the plaintiff and her then husband entered into a written agreement, under the terms of which all the income earned by each spouse...

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