Cauley v. . Lawson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Lenoir. The bill is filed by the distributees of David W. Lawson, against the defendant as his widow and administratrix.
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Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Lenoir. The bill is filed by the distributees of David W. Lawson, against the defendant as his widow and administratrix. The property consists of slaves and other effects to a large amount, and the plaintiffs claim that the whole of it is subject to distribution among them, dischargéd of any claim by her for a years’ provision and a distributive share; and it alleges two grounds upon which she is not entitled; the first is, that on the 11th of November, 1852, immediately preceding the marriage, riage, and in contemplation thereof, the defendant, then…
1Opinion of the CourtHamly, J.
The bill is filed by the next of kin and distrib-utees of David W, Lawson, against the widow who is the ad-ministratrix of the deceased, praying for an account of the intestate’s estate.
The principal difficulty presented by the pleadings, arises upon the construction of the instrument of writing under date of the 11th of ETovember, 1352, purporting to be an anti-nuptial agreement between the intestate, Lawson, and Winifred Jones — whether it be such a relinquishment of marriage rights to dower, distributive share, and years’ provision, as will be enforced in a court of Equity.
We think it is…
2Cited by1 opinion
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