Wells v. Wells

Plaintiff, the former wife of defendant, brought this action to recover certain sums of money allegedly due her under the terms of a written contract entered into as part of what the wife claims, and the trial court found, was a separation agreement. The trial court found that $1,194.35, plus interest, was due under the contract and entered its judgment in favor of plaintiff in that amount, plus costs. From this judgment defendant appeals, contending that while he executed the contract, the agreement is void in that it constitutes an agreement to assign to plaintiff his earnings from future…