Janvrin v. Janvrin
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity. Facts'found by a referee. George Janvrin married the plaintiff in 1870, having at that time a son and four daughters by a former wife. There was an ante-nuptial agreement that at his decease she should have $1,000 and all household furniture then belonging to him. April 8, 1874, she left him, and filed a libel for divorce against him, alleging extreme cruelty as the cause, which, at the January term, 1878, was dismissed.
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Bill in Equity. Facts'found by a referee. George Janvrin married the plaintiff in 1870, having at that time a son and four daughters by a former wife. There was an ante-nuptial agreement that at his decease she should have $1,000 and all household furniture then belonging to him. April 8, 1874, she left him, and filed a libel for divorce against him, alleging extreme cruelty as the cause, which, at the January term, 1878, was dismissed. February 8, 1878, he commenced proceedings for divorce against her, whereupon a divorce was decreed at the October term, 1878. It was also decreed that he…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
At the time of the plaintiff’s levy in November, 1878, there was no record evidence of title to the premises in any of the defendants. For want of such record the title of all the defendants is void as against the plaintiff’s levy (G. L., e. 135, s. 4), unless the plaintiff had notice of the defendants’ title, or was not in fault for being ignorant of it.
The principal question in this case, as we understand it, is, whether the finding of the referee is warranted by the evidence. His finding is, that the deeds under which the defendants claim title were not fraudulent as to the plaintiff. And,…
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