Meldrum v. Meldrum
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Goxwt of Arapahoe Oounty. Appellee, Andrew Meldrum, was married to appellant, Mary, upon the 3d day of December, 1884, in the county of Delta, in this state. At the time of the marriage appellant was possessed of no estate whatever.
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Appeal from District Goxwt of Arapahoe Oounty. Appellee, Andrew Meldrum, was married to appellant, Mary, upon the 3d day of December, 1884, in the county of Delta, in this state. At the time of the marriage appellant was possessed of no estate whatever. Appellee, however, was then possessed of both real and personal property, his total resources amounting to about $50,000. A ranch in Delta county and an interest in the Guston mine, situate in Ouray county, constituted the bulk of his property. Plaintiff and defendant lived together as husband and wife about fifteen months, during which time…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hayt
It standing admitted by the pleadings that appellant did procure a large amount of property from her husband as the result of her solicitation, our review will first be directed to the evidence of her fraud in so doing. It is in testimony that, to at least four people, appellant expressed her intention to get away with appellee’s money. The witness, William Robinson, testified that she told him that she did not want to live where she was; that she was going to marry Meldrum and get some money out of him. A few months after the marriage appellant planned a trip to California with her mother,…
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