Poster v. Andrews

This litigation is the troubled aftermath of what appears to have been, in effect, a' common-law marriage relationship between the parties. The action is for malicious prosecution brought hy the woman. against the man with whom she had thus lived for some eight or ten years.' A judgment for the plaintiff for $2,500 was affirmed by the court of appeals. This Court granted certiorari and has heard argument.

In 1940‘ a separation agreement was entered into hy which, in settlement of plaintiff’s claims for damages for breach of promise to marry, Poster, a man of considerable means, hound himself…