LACKS v. LACKS


12 N.Y.2d 268 (1963)

Irene R. Lacks, Respondent, v. Harold G. Lacks, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 28, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe J. Cahn and Herbert S. Greenberg for appellant.

Irving I. Erdheim and Fred Lichtblau for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges BURKE, FOSTER and SCILEPPI concur with Judge VAN VOORHIS; Judges DYE and FULD concur in separate opinions in each of which the other concurs.


VAN VOORHIS, J.

In an endeavor to compromise marital differences and to adjust property interests, these parties entered into an agreement on December 17, 1959, which was modified by a supplemental agreement on April 22, 1960. This appeal, under the certified question, concerns solely whether the third cause of action is sufficient in law. Except as hereafter stated, the objections by appellant to the sufficiency...

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