Poole v. Poole

Plaintiff and defendant were married on June 27,-:1923, and continued in that relation until 1928, when the defendant secured a divorce against his wife on the. grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. A property settlement was agreed upon September 5, 1928, when the following contract upon which this action is based was entered into:

“Whereas, the said Henry M. Poole and Eleanor Brent Poole, now husband- and wife, contemplate and desire a divorce, severing and dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between them; and,

“Whereas, it is the mutual desire of the parties hereto that in the…