Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Sewell Estate Receiver Sought by Suing Wife," Los Angeles Times, 03 May 1935: A10. Judge McComb has postponed Mrs. Clampitt Sewell's case until May 14th. She asks $2000 a month separate maintenance, $50,000 attorney fees and $2500 court costs. Leah wears a thick piece of fur over her shoulders and holds one hand up as if taking an oath. Text from negative sleeve: 1213 Mrs. Barton Sewell (now Mrs. Charles /Taley) Handwritten on negative: Mrs Barton Sewell Text from newspaper caption: Mrs. Leah Clampitt Sewell, figure in the quadrangle divorce case, appeared in alimony court yesterday. She asked a receiver for the estate of Barton Sewell, her estranged husband, estimating it worth $14,000,000.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7542 ark:/21198/zz002df7x7
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No linguistic content
Subject
Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles Divorce--California--Los Angeles Sewell, Leah Clampitt
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