Gore v. Plair

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The determination of the controlling question in this case turns on the construction and effect of the alleged contract; that is, the contract wherein Mrs. Gore accepted the deed from her husband “in full and complete settlement of any and all claims for alimony, attorney’s fees, and support of herself, which have accrued or which may hereafter accrue,” and wherein she expressly released F. A. Gore, her husband, from “any and all obligations to make further provision for her support, it being agreed that the word alimony as used herein shall include both…