Hayes v. Hayes

The exception pleaded by the defendant and which vims overruled by the Court below, involves the proposition that a man may lawfully agree with another to limit his responsibility in damages for a future offence against such person’s good name. Such a doctrine is as inadmissible as it is novel. It is manifestly inconsistent with public policy that a man should he permitted to stipulate a partial impunity for the commission of a future immoral act.

Such being our opinion, it is unnecessary to inquire whether the motion to dismiss the appeal, upon the ground that the judgment was not final, was…