Legal Opinion
Capazzoli v. Holzwasser
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 21, 1986Published
1Opinion of the Court
397 Mass. 158 (1986)
490 N.E.2d 420
LORRAINE CAPAZZOLI
vs.
HARRY A. HOLZWASSER.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.
September 12, 1985.
March 21, 1986.
Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.
David L. McLellan (Gerald M. Cohen with him) for the plaintiff.
Elaine M. Moriarty for the defendant.
O'CONNOR, J.
In this case, we hold that a man's promise to support a woman made in consideration of the woman's abandonment of her marriage, or promise to abandon her marriage, to another man violates public policy and is unenforceable.
The complaint is in five counts. Count…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Nader v. CitronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Spellens v. SpellensCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- Spence v. Boston Edison Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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