Giradot v. Giradot

In a suit by a wife against her husband, for specific performance of a contract and for damages, instituted while a separate suit by the husband for divorce was pending, the petition alleged that at a stated time prior to the marriage the petitioner owned and operated “a small retail store,” and that upon importunities by the defendant an agreement was made between them “that he would” immediately upon consummation of the marriage give to petitioner a check for $2000, and execute to her a deed conveying a life interest in described realty, “if she would sell her small stock of goods and marry…