In Re Estate of Murdock

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hakman, C.:

Presented here are appeals from summary judgment holding that an antenuptial contract was valid and enforceable against a decedents estate. Consolidated with them are later appeals from awards of attorneys’ fees.

There is no dispute in the facts pertinent to the litigation.

On June 24, 1940, Marcellus Murdock and Paula Vaughan entered into the agreement in question. Marcellus was then fifty-seven years of age; Paula was forty-four. Marcellus had four adult children by a previous marriage which had been dissolved by death; Paula had no children.