Court: |
Supreme Court of Iowa |
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Facts: |
Husband and wife made a contract not to scold one another about past
issues; wife would be domestic servant, husband would pay fees. Husband
spent money on other women, failed to pay. |
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Posture: |
Appeal from husbands demurrer at trial. |
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Issue: |
Should courts get into this kind of contract? |
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Holding: |
Ruling on this would invite strife that wastes the court's time.
Also other lawsuits. Affirmed. |
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Rule: |
The law doesn't meddle in issues pertaining directly and exclusively
to the home. |
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Reasoning: |
This would be fraught with irreparable mischief, and public policy is
against it. |
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Dicta: |
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