Reighley v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co.

This is an action to enforce a written instrument made in America pursuant to a written contract between plaintiff and Parsons made in Berlin, Germany, prior to the annulment of their marriage. The decree was in plaintiff’s favor and ordered dismissal of Parsons’ counterclaim which sought, on the ground of invalidity of the Berlin contract, the return of the securities deposited by him with the Bank under the American agreement.

Plaintiff was born of a German father and English mother in England in 1912 and, when six years old, was taken to Berlin, by her parents, where she lived until her…