Loeb v. Gendel

A divorced wife who since remarried filed a complaint in the superior court of Cook County for specific performance of an oral agreement, made prior to her remarriage, whereby her former husband promised to make certain periodic payments to her upon her remarriage. The complaint was dismissed on motion by defendant on the ground that the alleged agreement, not being in writing, was void under the Statute of Frauds. On plaintiff’s appeal to the Appellate Court the decree was affirmed. (Loeb v. Gendel, 29 Ill. App. 2d 155.) We have granted her petition for leave to appeal to this court.

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