Briggs v. Briggs

On the 26th day of June, 1929, the circuit court rendered a decree of divorce at the suit of the plaintiff, Mary L. Briggs. By that decree she was given the custody of the two children of the parties, Robert, then aged 9 years, and Jeanne, then aged 5 years. The decree also set forth a contract which had been executed by the parties in anticipation of divorce and which contract was “ratified, confirmed and approved,” and all of the provisions of said contract were incorporated and made a part of the decree.

The contract provided in substance that if a decree of divorce should be.granted at the…