In Re Estate of Brown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This was an action by plaintiff Bessie Ally, now Bessie Ally Brown Axton, to construe the terms of an antenuptial contract entered into between her and A. J. Brown, now deceased, and to recover against Browns estate money due her under the terms of the contract. The pertinent facts follow.

In April, 1943, A. J. Brown, the deceased, then seventy-two years of age, a retired railroad employee, successful farmer and businessman, and Bessie Ally, a well-to-do widow, since remarried, plaintiff (appellant), then fifty years of age, were contemplating…