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Contracts Keyed to Calamari
De Cicco v. Schweizer
Facts
On January 16, 1902, the Defendant, Joseph Schweizer (the "Defendant"), and his wife, executed "articles of agreement" with the Count Oberto Gulinelli. In this agreement, the parties agreed that the Defendant's daughter Blanche Josephine Schweizer ("Ms. Schweizer") would marry the Count. The Defendant agreed to pay Ms. Schweizer $2500 or the equivalent sum in Francs every year they remained married. The parties were married on January 20, 1902 and Mr. Schweizer made the first payment. The Defendant made these payments until 1912 and then abruptly stopped making them. Ms. Schweizer's claim for the payments was assigned to the Plaintiff, DeCiccio (the "Plaintiff"), and he sues because the Defendant stopped making the payments. The Plaintiff won in the lower court and the Defendant appealed.
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