Tiernan v. Binns
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 167. Case by Elizabeth Tiernan, widow of John Tiernan, against Gibson Binns and Nathan Brightwell, executors of said John Tiernan.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 167. Case by Elizabeth Tiernan, widow of John Tiernan, against Gibson Binns and Nathan Brightwell, executors of said John Tiernan. The action was to recover $300, which she claimed as the widow of the decedent, under the provisions of the Act of April 14th 1851. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiff and John Tiernan were married on the 20th of October 1867. On the day before their marriage they executed an agreement as follows: “Articles of agreement and covenant made and entered into the 19th…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This was an action brought by Elizabeth Tiernan, the widow of John Tiernan, deceased, against his executors, to recover the sum of $300, the value of the property which they had refused to set apart to her, after demand made in writing under the Act of 14th April 1851. The refusal of the executors was based upon an ante-nuptial contract executed by the plaintiff and the defendant’s testator the day before their marriage, in which the said plaintiff, for the consideration therein mentioned, relinquished to the said John Tiernan ‘‘all right of dower and all interest of any kind whatsoever to…
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