William L. Curles v. Ruth A. Curles, Ruth A. Curles v. William L. Curles

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The parties to this appeal were husband and wife for many years until, at the suit of the wife, they were divorced by a Florida decree in 1946. The court approved a contract between them by the terms of which the wife accepted $4,000.00 in settlement of maintenance and support, and each agreed to join the other, when necessary, in conveying his individually owned property.

During their years together the husband, with the help of his wife, established a moving and storage business and acquired valuable real estate in the District of Columbia. Among the parcels…