Wallace v. Wallace

This controversy grows out of the construction that should be given to a deed of marriage settlement. In February, 1865, John S. Wallace, contemplating a marriage with Celia Whipple, made and executed a deed of conveyance of certain real estate, in Chicago, to Henry S. Monroe, on trusts declared in the deed. It was conveyed to him for the sole and separate use of Celia during her natural life, free from the debts, obligations and contracts of any future husband, and, from and after her death, to hold the same for the benefit of any child or children of Celia by the grantor. It also provides…