Leaycraft v. Hedden
New Jersey Court of Chancery
The bill states that on the first of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, Frances S. Hedden, then the wife of Z. Hedden, since deceased, was, and for many years had been, in her own name, or in the name of some person in trust for her. seized and possessed of valuable real and personal property in her own right, and to her own separate and individual use, secured to her during her coverture by an ante-nuptial contract, in the words or to the effect following, that is to…
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The bill states that on the first of August, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, Frances S. Hedden, then the wife of Z. Hedden, since deceased, was, and for many years had been, in her own name, or in the name of some person in trust for her. seized and possessed of valuable real and personal property in her own right, and to her own separate and individual use, secured to her during her coverture by an ante-nuptial contract, in the words or to the effect following, that is to say: “ This indenture, made the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, between Z. H. of the first part,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
By an ante-nuptial deed, dated May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, between the defendant, then Frances Susannah Watkins, of the one part, and Zadock Hedden, her intended husband, of another part, and Joseph Watkins Bostwick, of the third part: wherein it is recited, that the said Susannah and Zadoek had mutually agreed that the said Zadoek should not interfere or meddle with her present or future acquired property, whether real or personal; and that the said Susannah should be permitted to make what disposition of the said property she might choose ; the said Zadoek…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lancaster v. DolanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re BermanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958