Hooks v. . Lee

The bill in this case was filed by John J. Hooks, William R. Hooks, and Franklin H. Hooks, and set forth in substance; (84) That on the ____ day of March, 1837, Mary Hooks, of the County of Wayne, being a widow and the mother of the plaintiffs, was addressed by the defendant, and proposals of marriage were made and accepted; that the said Mary was seized and possessed of a valuable real and personal estate, consisting of lands, slaves and other personal property, and it was among other things, agreed, upon the treaty of marriage between the said Mary and Blackman, that all the estate of the…