Guze v. Guze

HORTON, Judge.

The proceedings in the County Judges’ Court resulted in an order voiding an ante-nuptial agreement which would have denied to the wife of the deceased any share in the estate. The question presented, and ruled upon, arose out of the wife’s election to take dower as against the will of the decedent. This claim was allowed by the County Judge who found that the antenuptial agreement was invalid due to the failure of the deceased to make a full and fair disclosure of his assets prior to the execution of the agreement.

Although jurisdiction to assign dower rests exclusively in the…