Jones's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 24th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J.,- Bead, A&new, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Dauphin bounty: No. 40, to May Term 1869: In Andrew J. Jones’s Estate.
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May 24th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J.,- Bead, A&new, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Appeal from the decree of the Orphans’ Court of Dauphin bounty: No. 40, to May Term 1869: In Andrew J. Jones’s Estate. On the 17th of June 1864 Andrew J. Jones, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Sarah A. Buckman, of Burlington, New Jersey, entered into a contract which recited that a márriage was about to be solemnized between them; and by which “ the said party of the first part hereby obligates himself to settle upon and secure to the said party of the second part (should the said marriage be solemnized between…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
The opinion of the learned judge below demonstrates so ably and conclusively that the contract between A. J. Jones and the appellant, in contemplation and consideration of marriage, and not pretended to have been fraudulent in fact, at least as far as she was concerned, was valid as against creditors, that it is unnecessary to add anything upon that subject.
The contract was broken on the death of the husband without having performed its stipulations. His obligation was to secure an annuity to his wife after his death. What should be the…
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