Lowinger v. Lowinger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Williams, J.
This appeal presents the question of whether an alleged oral agreement to provide one with various financial benefits in exchange for undergoing religious conversion is enforceable.
Plaintiff is a South Korean native who is seeking to enforce an oral contract entered into with her mother-in-law, Edith, a *41defendant. Defendant, the principal of a lucrative family import-export business, and her family, including her son, Louis, plaintiffs spouse, are practicing Orthodox Jews. The agreement arose as a result of plaintiffs marriage to Louis. Plaintiff met Louis in…
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