Peters v. Siders
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ of entry, dated September 8, 1877, to recover a parcel of land in Hingham. Plea, nul sdisseisin. At the trial in this court, before Soule, J., without a jury, the following facts appeared: The parents of the demandant, Henry H. Peters and Susan B. Thaxter, were married on July 12, 1848, having made, six days before, an antenuptial agreement, by which Susan reserved to her sole use and benefit an undivided third part of certain lands, including the demanded premises, and…
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Writ of entry, dated September 8, 1877, to recover a parcel of land in Hingham. Plea, nul sdisseisin. At the trial in this court, before Soule, J., without a jury, the following facts appeared: The parents of the demandant, Henry H. Peters and Susan B. Thaxter, were married on July 12, 1848, having made, six days before, an antenuptial agreement, by which Susan reserved to her sole use and benefit an undivided third part of certain lands, including the demanded premises, and also the right to dispose of the same by will. The demandant, who was the only issue of the marriage, and sole…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The mother of the demandant, who died July 21, 1849, executed her will April 30 of the same year, by which she gave all the real and personal property of which she might die possessed to her husband. Before her marriage, she had exe*138dated an antenuptial contract by which she secured the demon led premises to her sole use and benefit, with the right to dispose of the same by will. The demandant, who was her sole heir at law, and the only issue of the marriage, was born within about one month after the will was executed, and there was an entire omission to provide for him therein.
The demandant…
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