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LAMBERT v. LAMBERT

No. 3977.

96 N.H. 376 (1950)

OZINA M. LAMBERT v. ROBERT F. LAMBERT & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

December 5, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arwe & Arwe for the plaintiff.

Robert W. Upton and William D. Tribble for the defendants.

KENISON, J.

"A promise to render personal services or supervision will not be specifically enforced by an affirmative decree." Restatement, Contracts, s. 379. While some early cases did grant specific performance of contracts for support either directly (Stillings v. Stillings, 67 N.H. 584) or indirectly (Hackett v. Hackett, 67 N.H. 424), the rule of the Restatement has been followed in this state for the last twenty-five years and...

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