Ball v. Cecil

Opinion of the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Affirming.

On Aug. 1, 1931, William F. Cecil, a widower 77 years of age and owner of considerable property, entered into an antenuptial agreement with. Mrs. Willamina Dwight, a widow 56 years of age, which recited that the contracting parties were about to be married and desired to establish their respective rights in each. other’s property after marriage. Cecil took no interest in what little property Mrs. Dwight possessed, bnt in consideration of her marrying him and making him a faithful and helpful wife so long as he lived, he agreed she should…