McCarter v. McCarter

In a suit on an open account in a justice’s court the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $15.55. The defendant’s certiorari was sustained by the judge of the superior court, and final judgment awarded in his favor, and the plaintiff excepted. The facts are unusual. The plaintiff is the wife of the defendant. On April 9, 1910, they separated by mutual agreement, and at that time entered into a written contract containing substantially the following provisions: Defendant was to pay to plaintiff $1,400 in settlement of any claim for alimony which she might have, and as the purchase-price of a…