Forrest v. Robinson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Jefferson, exercising Chancery jurisdiction. Nelson Robinson, as executor of the last will and testament of William Robinson, filed a bill in Chancery against John F. Forrest and his wife, Mary Ann Forrest, and James Robinson, trustee, for the purpose of satisfying a bond, signed by the defendants, out of the separate estate of the said Mary Ann.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Jefferson, exercising Chancery jurisdiction. Nelson Robinson, as executor of the last will and testament of William Robinson, filed a bill in Chancery against John F. Forrest and his wife, Mary Ann Forrest, and James Robinson, trustee, for the purpose of satisfying a bond, signed by the defendants, out of the separate estate of the said Mary Ann. The bill charged, that on the fourteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, a settlement was had and made between orator, as executor of the last will and testament of said William Robinson, and the said…
1Opinion of the CourtHopkins, J.
— From the record of this case, it appears that an anti nuptial agreement was made between John F. Forrest, and Mrs. Forrest, who was then Miss Robinson; according to which, her real estate and personal property were conveyed to James Robinson, in trust, after the marriage should be had; that he should permit her during her natural life, to have the posseseion, use and control of the real and personal estate, to her separate use, and without the consent of her intended husband, to dispose of the same or any part thereof by deed or other conveyance during the coverture, orto devise and…
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