Cronen v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon;' R. S. Bean, Judge. , Suit by Walter Baker Moore against Mary E. Cronen. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in a suit in equity brought by the appellee against the appellant for specific performance of a contract. The contract was a part of an agreement made between the parties to the suit to compromise and settle a pending action at law which had been brought by the appellant against the appellee for breach ..of a contract of marriage. On February 24, 1912, the attorneys of the respective parties in that action, together with the appellant,'met to settle the terms of the agreement. It was agreed, among other things, that the appellee should…
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