Newton v. Pickell

WAENEE, A.C.J.

The plaintiff Ida A. Newton brings this suit to set aside the deed hereinafter referred to as being a conveyance in fraud of her rights accruing under an antenuptial agreement made between her and her husband-in 1947. From a decree favorable to plaintiff, the defendants appeal.

Plaintiff and William L. Newton were married on June 17, 1947. Marital difficulties led to their separation sometime in March 1949. This culminated in a suit for divorce wherein each party prayed for a decree; but the suit, after trial in August 1949, terminated in a dismissal. The separation, however,…