Schartle v. Trust Company Bank

Hill, Justice.

The executor of Ronald Schartle’s estate brought a declaratory judgment action to determine the construction of an alimony provision contained in the separation agreement incorporated into Theresa and Ronald Schartle’s divorce decree. Theresa, Ronald’s first wife, appeals from a summary judgment for Herta Schartle, Ronald’s second wife and widow.

Theresa and Ronald Schartle were divorced in 1970 after many years of marriage. The separation agreement which was incorporated into the divorce decree provided for $250 per month as alimony "until the wife shall die or remarry,…