Simpson v. Simpson's Ex'rs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cask 103 — PETITION EQUITY — 1. The contract relied upon by appellees should be set aside upon tha ground that appellant was overreached and defrauded in its execution. (Woodward v. Woodward, 5 Sneed, 50; Bierer’s Appeal, 92 Pa. St., 266; Kline v. Kline, 57 Pa., 120; Kline’s Estate, 64 Pa, 122; Pierce v. Pierce,-71 N. Y., 157; 6 Ky.
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Cask 103 — PETITION EQUITY — 1. The contract relied upon by appellees should be set aside upon tha ground that appellant was overreached and defrauded in its execution. (Woodward v. Woodward, 5 Sneed, 50; Bierer’s Appeal, 92 Pa. St., 266; Kline v. Kline, 57 Pa., 120; Kline’s Estate, 64 Pa, 122; Pierce v. Pierce,-71 N. Y., 157; 6 Ky. Law Rep., 740; Hair v. Hair, 10 Rich., S. C.; Viele v. Judson, 82 N. Y., 324; Bull v. Rowe, 13 S. C., 355; Leather Manufacturing Bank v. Morgan, 117 U. S., 96; Forwood v. Forwood, 9 |Ky. Law Rep., 417; s. c., 86 Ky., 114; Markland Co. v. Kimmel, 87 Ind., 560;…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion op the court.
This action in equity was instituted in the Spencer Circuit Court by Mattie S. Simpson, the appellant, against the executor and devisees of the last will of her husband, John R. Simpson, for the purpose of canceling an ante-nuptial contract made between the appellant, whose maiden name was Mattie Swope, and John R. Simpson, the testator, on the evening preceding their marriage. The provisions of the will were renounced by the appellant, and she now claims she is entitled to dower and her distributable share of the personalty of her husband’s…
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