Slater v. Slater

Appellees filed a bill in the circuit court of Livingston county seeking to partition certain real estate owned by Chester G. Slater in his lifetime and to free the same from any claim of dower by his widow, Mary E. Slater, appellant. The bill sets out an ante-nuptial contract between Slater and appellant, then Mary E. Gregg, dated August 21, 1918, by which appellant, for the consideration therein named, agreed to waive and release all interest which she might have in the property of Slater. The bill alleges that the contract was entered into with full understanding on the part of the widow.…