Shannon v. Watt

Grikfin, Y. C.

This case presents for solution the question, Did the defendant, in the lifetime of Mary J. Watt, his wife (now deceased), do that which should lead a court of equity to decree that he release his estate by the curtesy to the complainants as devisees under her will ?

The complainants base their claim upon the will of Mrs. Watt and an agreement entered into between husband and wife pending a suit brought by the wife in the supreme court of the State of New York for a divorce a mensa ei thoro, which agreement is evidenced by the decree of that court entered by the consent of the…