Farquhar v. Farquhar
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Norman Farquhar, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28tli day of October, 1915, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
A final decree of' divorce was entered in favor of the plaintiff awarding her permanent álimony of one hundred dollars per month. Thereafter by duress and false representions she was induced to enter into an agreement whereby she agreed to accept fifty dollars per month until a son of the parties became twenty-one years of age and thereafter twenty-five dollars per month, which payments plaintiff agreed to accept in full payment of the alimony directed to be paid by the decree of divorce. Plaintiff brought this action to set aside the agreement and for judgment for the arrears of…
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