Conard v. Bare

Citations

• 19 Ohio C.C. Dec. 153
• 8 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 118

Syllabus

<p>ACCORD AND SATISFACTION — MARRIAGE.</p> <p>Sullivan, Wilson and Dustin, JJ</p> <p>Compromise of Breach of Promise of Marriage not Enforcible Where Party (Jives up no Rights by Reason Thereof.</p> <p>An agreement by the terms of which one party agrees to pay the other a sum of money and each agrees to release the other from all obligations on a breach of contract of marriage, is not enforcible as an accord and satisfaction against the party promising to pay, when the plaintiff shows no right nor advantage yielded up by reason of the agreement.</p> <p>[For other cases in point, see 1 Cyc. Dig., “Accord and Satisfaction,” §§ 7-10. — Ed.]</p> <p>[Syllabus approved by the court.]</p>