Forbes v. Forbes

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is a suit in assumpsit brought by a divorced wife against her former husband on a written contract entered into prior to the divorce. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff wife and after the lower court refused defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v., this appeal was taken.

After setting forth the intention of the wife to seek an absolute divorce from her husband and the mutual desire of the parties to settle their property rights “without prejudice to the right of either to contest any divorce proceeding instituted by the other”, the husband agreed to pay the…