Landes v. Landes

The parties are husband and wife and as such jointly acquired the title to the property in question in 1905 as tenants by the entirety, and lived there together until 1912. In 1913, following several years of cruel and inhuman treatment as claimed by plaintiff, a separation agreement was entered into by which defendant was to have the use and occupancy of the property and was to pay plaintiff forty dollars a week for her support and maintenance, and it was also provided that the latter should not make any claim for rent, etc. Defendant thereafter defaulted in the payments owing from him,…