Chandler v. Hollingsworth
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Bill to set aside a conveyance made in fraud OF MARRIAGE. — William Chandler, deceased; by deed executed three ‘days previous to his marriage with the complainant, Elizabeth Chandler, conveyed all his estate, real and personal, upon certain trusts for his own benefit during his lifetime, and after his death to be divided between his three sisters.
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Bill to set aside a conveyance made in fraud OF MARRIAGE. — William Chandler, deceased; by deed executed three ‘days previous to his marriage with the complainant, Elizabeth Chandler, conveyed all his estate, real and personal, upon certain trusts for his own benefit during his lifetime, and after his death to be divided between his three sisters. The bill was filed, after Chandler’s decease, by his widow, Elizabeth Chandler, and William Chandler, an infant son, by his next friend, and charged that the conveyance was made pending an engagement of marriage, without the knowledge of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor :—
The case presented for reliefis this — William Chandler three days before his marriage with the complainant, Elizabeth Chandlers while under an engagement of marriage with her, made a voluntary conveyance of all his estate, real and personal, thereby, if it be allowed to operate, defeating the right of dower which otherwise would have accrued from the marriage, and also withdrawing from his own control the means he then had whereby provision might be made for his intended wife and the issue of the marriage, either through a will or by law in case of his dying intestate. This…
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