Magarrell v. Magarrell

This action is before the court on writ of error from a judgment of the trial court refusing to modify a property division agreement entered into between the plaintiff wife and defendant husband which became part of a final decree of divorce entered November 5, 1956. We shall refer to the plaintiff in error as husband and the defendant in error as wife.

Prior to the entry of the interlocutory decree in the divorce action, the parties entered into a contract settling all of their rights and obligations arising out of the marriage relationship. This agreement was incorporated verbatim in the…