Bradley v. Burgess

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

James and Sarah Bradley were husband and wife and resided at Arkansas City. The wife owned two residence lots in Arkansas City, two pieces of city property in Missouri, and some household goods. The husband was the owner of a small parcel of land in’ Reynolds county, Missouri. They entered into a written agreement for the division of their property, each party thereafter to separately own, use and dispose of his or her property as though the marriage relation had never existed. The reasons for making the agreement were stated in a preamble…