Verdier v. Verdier

How courts have described this case

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• holding that if “covenants are independent, breach of one does not excuse the performance of the other”
• holding that the determination whether contractual provisions are independent “is wholly one of construction of the agreement.”
• “If the covenants are independent, breach of one does not excuse performance of the other.”
• “If the covenants are independent, breach of one does not excuse performance of the other.”
• because plaintiffs right to support payments was not conditioned upon compliance by her with the provision against molestation, that she molested defendant does not preclude her from obtaining such support payments
• covenant in separation agreement “not to molest” spouse is not dependent upon covenant to pay support and breach of covenant not to molest will not bar action to recover support

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).