Roberts v. Frisby

I do not know how far a husband would be morally bound by a postnuptial contract in which he hires his wife to live with him ; but the legal obligation cannot be recognized in this court. Roberts sues Frisby on a note calling for $1500, which upon its face is a good note ; but the evidence shows that the note was intended to compromise a difficulty between Frisby and his wife r that he owed her nothing ; that Roberts is her brother, and that the note was for the use of the wife; that if anybody has a right to it, it is his wife, who, though living apart from him, is still his lawful wife. We…