Seaton v. Smith

The plaintiff in this action, Bell Seaton, and one George Seaton were, for some time prior to 1928, husband and wife. It being contemplated that the parties would shortly be divorced, they, under date December 13,1928, entered into an agreement to divide their real estate, pursuant to which they deeded one to the other the different parcels of real estate which they owned, each deed providing that the property so conveyed should he the separate property of the grantee.

In an action instituted by Bell Seaton against her husband for the purpose of procuring a decree of divorce, an interlocutory…