DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. LEWIS

No. 15780.

288 F.2d 137 (1961)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. Frances C. LEWIS (formerly Frances Carter Frick), Executrix, Estate of Harold C. Frick, Deceased, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1961.

Petition for Rehearing Denied February 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harrison S. Howes, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Henry E. Wixon, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Henry H. Elliott, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before Mr. Justice BURTON, retired, and BAZELON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 21, 1961.

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

On December 22, 1934, Harold C. Frick and his first wife, Vida, entered into a "Property Settlement and Separation Contract." That agreement recited that there had been a final and irreconcilable separation of the parties and that it was their desire to settle and agree upon all property rights between them by virtue of their marital relationship. The agreement then set out in...

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