Brown's Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

William H. Brown, Jr. and Elizabeth Reed Brown were married on April 26, 1924. On January 5, 1926, Mrs. Brown, then twenty years of age, left her husband’s home, taking with her their two minor children, Elizabeth, born January 16, 1925, and Constance, born December 7, 1925. The separation continued until November, 1929, when Mrs. Brown obtained an absolute divorce from her husband. Meanwhile, on July 10, 1929, an agreement had been entered into between them in which Brown, who was a man of large means, stated that he recognized his obligation to support and…