Barnes v. Starr
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the cancellation of an ante-nuptial contract entered into between the plaintiff and the defendants’ testator; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the court, John M- Mall, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff and appeal by the defendants,
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The plaintiff is the widow of Samuel H. Barnes who died at Wilton on the 23d day of April, 1891. He left a paper which was duly executed as his last will. The defendants are the executors and legatees named therein, and all the persons who would be distributees of his estate in case of intestacy. The plaintiff was married to the said Samuel H. Barnes on the fourth day of August, 1886. On the 19th day of July, prior to their marriage, they mutually executed a marriage contract in these words:—
“ This agreement and written contract made this 19th day of July, A. D. 1886, by and between Lizzie T.…
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