CURLES v. CURLES

Nos. 13390, 13391.

241 F.2d 448 (1957)

William L. CURLES, Appellant, v. Ruth A. CURLES, Appellee. Ruth A. CURLES, Appellant, v. William L. CURLES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1957.

Petition for Partial Rehearing Denied February 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry L. Ryan, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Roger J. Whiteford and John J. Wilson, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant in No. 13,390 and appellee in No. 13,391. Mr. Duane G. Derrick, Washington, D. C., was also on the brief for appellee in No. 13,391.

Messrs. Walter E. Barton, Washington, D. C., and William R. Fitch, Washington, D. C., for appellee in No. 13,390 and appellant in No. 13,391.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges.


WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The parties to this appeal were husband and wife for many years until, at the suit of the wife, they were divorced by a Florida decree in 1946. The court approved a contract between them by the terms of which the wife accepted $4,000.00 in settlement of maintenance and support, and each agreed to join the other, when necessary, in conveying his individually owned property.

During their years together the husband, with the help...

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