West v. Howard
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery, stating an antenuptial agreement between the defendant and his wife, and praying for a decree which should compel him to convey to the plaintiff, one of her heirs, certain real estate, purchased with money belonging to her.
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This was a bill in chancery, stating an antenuptial agreement between the defendant and his wife, and praying for a decree which should compel him to convey to the plaintiff, one of her heirs, certain real estate, purchased with money belonging to her. A committee appointed by the court, to find the facts in the cause, made a report, in substance, as follows : “That Joseph Howard, the defendant, being about forty-six years of age, and Ruby West, named in the bill, about forty-two years of age, were united in marriage, on the 18th of December, 1823. She was, at that time, possessed of certain…
1Opinion of the CourtStorks, J.
The plaintiff in this bill alleges, that an agreement was entered into between the defendant and his wife before their intermarriage, that certain personal property, then owned by her, consisting of promissory notes, should remain her sole and separate property after her marriage ; that the avails of a part of said property were delivered by her to him, after their marriage, to be invested by him in certain land, for her and in her name ; and that land was purchased accordingly ; but that the conveyance thereof was taken to him; and that the legal title is now in him; and therefore, seeks to…
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