Hoops v. Hoops

The parties were married in 1923. In 1934 the plaintiff instituted an action for divorce against the defendant in New York County, which in 1936 resulted in a judgment of divorce making provision for the payment of alimony to the plaintiff at the rate of thirty-five dollars per week.

*513Ill October, 1939, the parties entered into a written contract whereby the defendant paid to the plaintiff the sum of $7,500, advanced to him by his brother William T. Hoops, in consideration of the release by the plaintiff of all claims for alimony and in lieu of dower. Simultaneously, the parties entered into a…