Reiburn v. Roseman

Memorandum.

Immediately prior to the death of plaintiff’s

husband in 1959, he and defendant Eoseman had agreed that the surviving partner in their accounting firm would employ the widow of the deceased partner for $100 per week until an aggregate sum of $52,000, or in the case of remarriage $40,000, was paid. The agreement was modified by the plaintiff and the defendant Eoseman in 1962. The disposition of this appeal is dependent upon the effect of this modification. The modification provided in pertinent part:

“ Instead of the payments in said agreement [the 1959 agreement] being at the rate of…