Shure v. Shure

Carr, J.,

— This action in assumpsit was brought by a wife against her husband to recover the amount of his promissory note to her order made and delivered under the terms of a post-nuptial agreement, and also to recover the proceeds in his hands of a sale of land belonging to her. His defense to the note was that a breach of the agreement on her part estopped her from asserting the right to payment. As to the money from the sale, he pleaded that it had been used by him with her consent in paying family living expenses. At the conclusion of the trial a verdict was directed for plaintiff on…