This John Granrud appears to be the decedent in the famous decision of the Supreme Court of California in Bernkrant v. Fowler (1961), involving his alleged oral promise to add a provision to his will forgiving the debt of several people who had purchased "Granrud Garden Apartments" in Las Vegas from him in 1954. The case centered on the consequences to his estate of his failing to add the provision to his will. The location and date of death of the John Granrud in the court decision matches the location and date of death of this John Granrud. This court decision is reproduced in most law school textbooks on the subject of Conflict of Laws and is widely taught in that course in U.S. law schools. Any idea who the executrix of his estate was? She is identified in the court decision as Dorothy Black Fowler. A relative?
