Smith v. Smith

On May 20, 1936, the plaintiff was granted an absolute divorce from the defendant. The divorce decree adopted, approved, and made a part of the judgment, a written stipulation made by and between the parties dividing the property and providing for the payment by the plaintiff to the defendant of the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) in certain stipulated installments. The instrument incorporated into the judgment recited that “the above stipulation is made as a full and complete property settlement between the parties hereto, and that the court, in case a divorce is granted, may take…