Case Name: Grace McGee v. Anthony Sigmund
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-02-19
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 150
Docket Number: No. 17931
Parties: Grace McGee v. Anthony Sigmund.
Judges: Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur. Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker and Allen, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 150–150

Head Matter:
No. 139
No. 17931
Grace McGee v. Anthony Sigmund.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Highland County.
615. HUSBAND AND WIFE — Such consorts can, under 799 GC. contract with each other, but not with reference to certain hope of inheritance. 7 OS. 432 followed.

Opinion:
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.