King v. Mollohan
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Marion district court; O. L. Moore, judge. STATEMENT. This is a proceeding involving the validity of conveyances and encumbrances of land formerly owned by Martha Bartel, and for a partition of the land among those claiming to inherit it. Prior to February 25, 1893, John J. Bartel and Martha Bartel were married, and had lived together as husband and wife.
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Error from Marion district court; O. L. Moore, judge. STATEMENT. This is a proceeding involving the validity of conveyances and encumbrances of land formerly owned by Martha Bartel, and for a partition of the land among those claiming to inherit it. Prior to February 25, 1893, John J. Bartel and Martha Bartel were married, and had lived together as husband and wife. They were incompatible, however, and the conduct of John J. Bartel toward his wife was such 'as to render a separation necessary for her health and happiness. On the day mentioned they made a post-nuptial agreement, embraced in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
The validity of the post-nuptial agreement by which a division of the property was effected is the controlling question in the case. Under our statute the wife is capable of contracting with her husband, and it has been held that the conveyance of property directly from one to the other will be upheld so far as it is equitable to do so. (Munger v. Baldridge, 41 Kan. 236, 21 Pac. 159.) In Kansas there are not the obstacles to a contract between husband and wife that exist in some of the states, nor is there the same necessity for the…
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