Long v. Barton

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District reversing, without remanding, a judgment of the circuit court of Vermilion county.

The facts, which are not in dispute, are as follows: On October i, 1901, appellant, Josephine Long, and Philip H. Barton, in contemplation of a marriage thereafter to be celebrated between them, entered into the following ante-nuptial contract:

“Know all men by these presents, that I, Philip H. Barton, of Danville, Vermilion county, Illinois, hereinafter known as the party of the first part, and Miss Tonie Long, of the city of…