Mendelson v. Mendelson

The primary question presented by the record is the effect of the divorce decree entered subsequent to the execution of the separation agreement.

The Court of Appeals apparently entertained the view that the separation agreement was valid and binding only during the period of the separation of the parties while still husband and wife. In that court, as also in this court, there was some discussion of the law of the state of Pennsylvania, the separation agreement concededly having been executed in that state; but there is neither pleading nor proof of the law of Pennsylvania, and it is well…