Hall v. Hall

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the legal effect of a separation agreement. The dispute is between the son and the widow, she being the stepmother, of C. B. Hall, deceased. The appeal is from a judgment which held that the separation agreement had been canceled.

C. B. Hall and Katherine B. Hall, appellee, were married in 1941. They had marital difficulties in the latter months of 1950. A separation agreement was written by the decedent and executed by both parties on December 21, 1950. By its terms, appellee accepted certain property as set forth in the contract in full and…