Denison v. Dawes
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal. This is a bill in equity brought by Cora M. Denison, daughter of Samuel H. Dawes, late of Harrison, deceased, and Herbert H. Dawes, executor of the will of said Samuel H. Dawes, against Isabelle A. Dawes, widow of the said Samuel H. Dawes, to compel performance by said Isabelle A. Dawes of a certain ante-nuptial agreement alleged to have been entered into by the said Samuel H. Dawes and the said Isabelle A. Dawes, under the name of Tsabelle A. Gray.
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On appeal. This is a bill in equity brought by Cora M. Denison, daughter of Samuel H. Dawes, late of Harrison, deceased, and Herbert H. Dawes, executor of the will of said Samuel H. Dawes, against Isabelle A. Dawes, widow of the said Samuel H. Dawes, to compel performance by said Isabelle A. Dawes of a certain ante-nuptial agreement alleged to have been entered into by the said Samuel H. Dawes and the said Isabelle A. Dawes, under the name of Tsabelle A. Gray. The cause was heard upon bill and answer, and the sitting Justice sustained the bill and granted the relief prayed for, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
A bill in equity to compel the defendant to perform a certain ante-nuptial agreement entered into between her and her husband, the late Samuel H. Dawes, prior to their marriage in 1906, and to restrain her from enforcing her rights as his widow to an allowance from his estate, or from claiming any part of his estate under the statutes of this State, she having waived the provisions of his will which provided for her in accordance with the terms of the alleged ante-nuptial agreement.
The defendant in her answer denied having entered into such an agreement. No copy of it was found among the…
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