West Jersey Title & Guaranty Co. v. Industrial Trust Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bleher, J.

A final decree of divorce for desertion entered October 29, 1947 in the then Court of Chancery of Hew Jersey dissolved the marriage between the appellant here, Anna Mae Scott, the petitioner for divorce, and William H. Scott, Sr. The decree nisi, made July 28, 1947, approved as “fair and equitable,” and more .advantageous to the petitioner “than would a provision herein by way of alimony,” an agreement between the parties providing, inter alia, that the “use and possession” of the lands and dwelling in their “joint” ownership known as 134…