GOUTHRO v. WINSTANLEY

Docket No. 21630.

145 Cal.App.2d 367 (1956)

302 P.2d 450

LOUISE H. GOUTHRO, Appellant, v. E.A. WINSTANLEY, as Administrator, etc., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

October 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bachrack & Wilson and Ralph Wilson for Appellant.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Henry W. Gardett, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.


ASHBURN, J.

This action, brought by the divorced wife of Fred H. Gouthro, deceased, against the administrator of his estate, presents the question of whether an award for the wife's support made in an Illinois decree of divorce and therein designated as alimony was in fact an award in gross — gross alimony payable in installments — and therefore an obligation surviving the death of the husband. The trial court gave judgment in favor of defendant and...

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