Culberson v. Culberson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Dower. (Barred by ante-nuptial contract.) Decided by Judge Warner. Troup Superior Court. May Term, 1867. James Culberson and Sibi Ashford, in contemplation of intermarriage, entered into the following contract: State of Georgia, Troup County. Whereas, By permission of Almighty God, a marriage is intended shortly to be had and solemnized between James Culberson and Sibi Ashford, óf the State and county aforesaid.
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Dower. (Barred by ante-nuptial contract.) Decided by Judge Warner. Troup Superior Court. May Term, 1867. James Culberson and Sibi Ashford, in contemplation of intermarriage, entered into the following contract: State of Georgia, Troup County. Whereas, By permission of Almighty God, a marriage is intended shortly to be had and solemnized between James Culberson and Sibi Ashford, óf the State and county aforesaid. Row, this indenture made and entered into, between the parties aforesaid, on this, the 8th day of Rovember, A. D., 1862, witnesseth, that the said James Culberson, for and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Habéis, J.
The right of plaintiff in error to dower, must depend upon the construction of the articles entered into by her, in contemplation of marriage with James Culberson. By those articles, she stipulated for the retention of all her property to her sole and separate use and control during the marriage; and further, that, should she survive the said James, his estate should be chargeable with furnishing her a house and lot of the value of three thousand dollars, in the town of La-Grange, Georgia, for and during her life or widowhood, and she released all other claim upon the property of…
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