Baggerley v. Simmons

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

The primary question is whether or not the circumstances surrounding the execution of an antenuptial agreement by Robert E. Baggerley and Jobyna Lawson justify the trial court’s finding that a fraud was perpetrated on Lawson thus voiding the pact. We hold they do not and reverse.

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Lawson, now 55-years-old, divorced her first husband in 1960 after 16 years of marriage. In July, 1963, she met Bagger-ley, a partner in the family-owned Bagger-ley Funeral Home located in Edmond, Oklahoma. They began dating. In November, 1963, they discussed the possibility of getting married,…