Hamilton v. Hamilton

LAWSON, Justice.

Andrew S. Hamilton and Emma Stokes Hamilton were married in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 19, 1942. He was approximately sixty years of age at the time of the marriage and she was about fifty-five years old at that time. Both of them had been married before. Their spouses were dead. She had no children by her former husband. Mr. Hamilton had one living daughter by his first marriage and two grandchildren. They both owned some property. ' Prior to their marriage, they discussed business matters, but such discussion did not culminate in an ante-nuptial contract.

On May 23,…