Birch v. Anthony

W. B. Birch, as executor of the will of E. R. Anthony, brought his equitable petition against Mrs. Belle Anthony, the widow of his testator, and others, in which he sought, by injunction, to prevent Mrs. Anthony from obtaining a year’s support and dower from the estate of her deceased husband, upon the ground that she had entered into the following contract with her husband :

“Having positively determined to leave my husband, E. R. Anthony, and deny him all marital rights whatever, I hereby in consideration of four hundred dollars ($400) this day paid me by him I relinquish all claims of any…