Rousse v. Wheeler

The facts of this case, are these: In February, 1829, the defendant Wheeler, contracted marriage with his co-defendant who was a widow. A marriage contract was passed between the parties, by which it was stipulated that the property brought in marriage by the future wife, as well as that which may accrue to her thereafter by succession, donation, legacy, or otherwise, shall be considered as paraphernal, and that the same shall be administered by the husband, and shall be alienable, and liable to mortgage, by and with his consent. In February, 1833, the parties sold and conveyed to Collins,…