Richardson v. De Giverville
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Gf. IV. Lubke, Judge. (1) The execution of the antenuptial contract was sufficient in form to sustain it under the statute and in equity, and will be held to be good as between the parties. No objection was made to its introduction, and the rights of no third parties had intervened. Logan v. Phillips, 18 Mo. 22; Wilkinson v. Rozier, 19 Mo. 443; Lemay v. Poupenez, 35 Mo. 71 ; McClurg n.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Gf. IV. Lubke, Judge. (1) The execution of the antenuptial contract was sufficient in form to sustain it under the statute and in equity, and will be held to be good as between the parties. No objection was made to its introduction, and the rights of no third parties had intervened. Logan v. Phillips, 18 Mo. 22; Wilkinson v. Rozier, 19 Mo. 443; Lemay v. Poupenez, 35 Mo. 71 ; McClurg n. Phillips, 57 Mo. 214 ; Harrington v. Fortner, 58 Mo. 468; Elenke v. Eoeitze, 75 Mo. 239 ; 1 Pomeroy Eq. Jur., secs. 378, 380. (2) The antenuptial contract…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
Plaintiff Richardson brought this suit against Madam Be Giverville and her husband to enforce the specific performance of a written contract executed by her, while a married woman, by Mr. Bailey, her agent, for the sale of fifty acres of land in the limits of St. Louis, to the plaintiff. The petition states that Madam Be Giverville owned and held the property as her sole and. separate estate. The defendants deny this averment and say she was seized of and held the property as her general estate, subject to the marital rights of her husband, and for this reason the contract is invalid. They…
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