Edsell v. Evered

The trial court made extensive findings of facts, concluding that the widow had “failed to adduce sufficient facts to raise any presumption of overreaching on the part of the husband.” The trial court’s findings are supported by competent and substantial evidence and should not be disturbed by this court. Laufer v. Norma Fashions, Inc., 418 So.2d 437 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). Mary June Edsell, a competent woman who had some experience in running a business with her husband, and had lived with John Edsell several years before they married, simply failed in her burden to prove that the antenuptial…