Legal Opinion
Weintraub v. Weintraub
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 18, 1951PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Our inquiry goes to the legal sufficiency of the complaint. The action is one by which the plaintiff demands of the defendant, her former husband, $100,000 damages based upon his alleged fraud in inducing her to enter into an agreement during the pendency of a divorce action which she successfully prosecuted in 1944 in the Chancery Court of New Jersey.
The fraud alleged is that, for the purpose of inducing the plaintiff to enter into a contract by which in consideration of the defendant’s payment to her of sums therein specified she would release the defendant from all rights or claims by her…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Goldman v. GoldmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
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- Romaine v. . ChaunceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Johnson v. . JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Galusha v. . GalushaNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Vanderbilt v. VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
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