Barth v. Lines

In June 1875, John Bartli,- a resident of St. Clair county, a widower, forty-seven years old, with nine children, the owner of about one thousand acres of land, worth from $80,000 to $100,000, and of personal property, worth from $1500 to $2000, married a widow, named Maria K. Lines, now Maria K. Barth, the appellant in this cause. The marriage took place in St. Louis, Missouri, on the 29th day of June A. D. 1875. Previous to the marriage, an ante-nuptial, contract was made between Barth and Mrs. Lines, which was signed by them on June 18, 1875, the day of its date, and acknowledged, on June…