Ohio Supreme Court, 1924

McGee v. Sigmund

McGee v. Sigmund
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided February 19, 1924 · Allen, Day, Jones, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson, Wanamaker
2 Ohio Law. Abs. 150

McGee v. Sigmund

Opinion of the Court

ROBINSON, J.

Section 7999, General Code, does not confer upon husband or wife any greater power to contract with each other than persons other than husband and wife possess. A husband or a wife is not thereby empowered to contract with the other with reference to a hope or expectancy of inheritance, which is neither vested nor contingent, (Needles v. Needles, 7 OS. 432, approved and followed.)

Judgment affirmed.

Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker and Allen, JJ., dissent.

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