Richard v. Detroit Trust Co.

Prior to her marriage on March 12, •1931, to Otis K. Richard, plaintiff executed an ante-nuptial agreement, which, without aid or advice of counsel for either party, was drawn by her intended spouse, who was killed in an automobile accident on August 24th the same year. Mrs. Richard appeals from an unsuccessful attempt to have the contract declared null and void, and alleges that through fraud and deceit she was induced to sign the instrument by representations that it was to be destroyed after having been used to satisfy Mr. Richard’s relatives, and that she received no valid or subsisting…