Bell v. Metz

Plaintiff, the divorced wife of the defendant, seeks to enforce an alleged contract, whereby she claims the defendant agreed to pay her $2,000 a year for a period measured by his ability so to do, and in addition to furnish her a modest home for the use of herself and the three children of the parties. Defendant’s offer relied upon is contained in a letter of September 27, 1922, after plaintiff’s remarriage, and at a time when she was living in Reno, Nev., with her second husband and had with her the three children. Consideration for defendant’s promise was to consist of plaintiff’s agreement…