Reed's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 152, Oct. T., 1914, by Amanda Reed, from decree of O. O. Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1913, No. 6, dismissing exceptions to adjudication in the Estate of Hugh A. Reed, Deceased. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Trimble, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The court dismissed the exceptions. Amanda Reed appealed. Error assigned was in dismissing exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Moschzisker,
On June 20, 1906, H. A. Reed and Amanda, his wife, entered into a written contract, which recites that they had agreed to live apart and were “mutually desirous of amicably adjusting all controversies and differences existing between them without recourse to law for a formal legal separation.” The agreement then provides that Mr. Reed shall pay his wife $1,800 per annum “during her natural life,” and further, that he shall secure, “by such security as shall be satisfactory to said second party [Mrs. Reed], payment of the allowance for her maintenance as…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- Huffman v. HuffmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932