Stoddert v. Tuck
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed on the 16th of June 1848, by the appellants against the executors, widow and heirs at law of R. W. Bowie, to enforce the specific performance of an ante-nuptial agreement alleged to have been made betweenStoddert and Bowie, in consideration of the contemplated marriage of Robert, the son of the latter, with Elizabeth, -the-daughter of the former.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed on the 16th of June 1848, by the appellants against the executors, widow and heirs at law of R. W. Bowie, to enforce the specific performance of an ante-nuptial agreement alleged to have been made betweenStoddert and Bowie, in consideration of the contemplated marriage of Robert, the son of the latter, with Elizabeth, -the-daughter of the former. The bill in substance alleges, that said Robert and Elizabeth had no means of support independent of their parents, and a conference was consequently had between Stoddert and Bowie,…
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
iu the argument, the case of Bowie’s Exc’r, vs. Bowie, 1 Md. Rep., 87, was much relied upon in support of the appellants’ claim in this suit, but that case differs very essentially from this. There the testimony of the appellant, John T. Stoddert, which had considerable influence in support of the contract, was before the court and is not here. That was a replevin i;o recover possession of property actually delivered under a *28contract which R. W. Bowie said had been made requiring him so to deliver. This is an application to a court of equity for a specific execution of the unexecuted portion…
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