SAUNDERS v. HANSON

No. 17508.

327 F.2d 889 (1963)

Benjamin H. SAUNDERS, Executor, Estate of Sophus Dee Hanson, deceased, et al., Appellants, v. Anne Baker Bein HANSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing Denied February 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Beck, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Ellis N. Slack, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. John Alexander, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Walter W. Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 28, 1964.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves the right of appellee to receive a statutory share of the estate of her former husband, who died within six months after the entry of a decree of divorce but before that decree became final under D.C.Code, § 16421 (1951). The statute says "no such final decree [for absolute divorce] shall become absolute and take effect until the expiration of six months after its...

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