Butler v. Butler
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error from Johnson District Court. Action brought by Louise Butler against her husband, William Butler, and his daughter, by a former wife, Mary A. Austin, formerly Mary A. Butler, to set aside a oonveyance made by her husband to his daughter, shortly prior to her own marriage, and in fraud, as she claimed, of her marital rights.' The facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion.
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Error from Johnson District Court. Action brought by Louise Butler against her husband, William Butler, and his daughter, by a former wife, Mary A. Austin, formerly Mary A. Butler, to set aside a oonveyance made by her husband to his daughter, shortly prior to her own marriage, and in fraud, as she claimed, of her marital rights.' The facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion. At the March Term, 1878, of the district court, the defendants recovered a judgment for costs against the plaintiff, Louise Butler, who complains thereat, and brings the case to this court for review. We apprehend…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Louise Butler, against her husband, William Butler, and his daughter, by a former wife, Mary A. Austin, nee Mary A. Butler, to set aside a conveyance made by her husband to his daughter shortly prior to her- own marriage, and in fraud, as she claimed, of her marital rights. The facts as they appear are, that in February, 1873, plaintiff was a widow living in Indiana, and defendant, William Butler, a.widower living in Kansas. At that time, in correspondence between them, he represented to her that…
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