Legal Opinion
Lacks v. Lacks
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 28, 1963PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vah Voorhis, J,
In an endeavor to compromise marital differences and to adjust property interests, these parties entered into an agreement on December 17,1959, which was modified by a supplemental agreement on April 22,1960. This appeal, under the certified question, concerns solely whether the third cause of action is sufficient in law. Except as hereafter stated, the objections by appellant to the sufficiency of the third cause of action in the complaint relate to matters of evidence rather than pleading. That cause of action asks for reformation of these agreements in many respects,…
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