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18920108-AlphaForsyth-Court-TheBuffaloEnquirer-Page2, January 8, 1892
Page: 18920108
  • Text: January 8, 1892, Page 2

    AN ANTE-NUPTIAL CONTRACT.

    A Peculiar Case Submitted to the Supreme Court of Illinois.

    CARTHAGE, Ill., Jan. 8.-The Supreme Court of this State has under consideration an interesting case appealed from the Hancock County Circuit Court. It is the case of Nancy E. Worrell et al. vs. Priscilla Forsvth. Some years ago Alpha Forsyth, a wealthy widower of Hancock County, made an ante-nuptial contract with Priscilla Cartier, to the effect that she should have 80 acres of land and $500 as widow's award. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth conveyed 80 acres of land to one Adams, a third party, in trust for Mrs. Forsyth, and subsequently sold acres or land to one Clayton McGill for $4,000, and Alpha Forsyth put the money in his pocket. The defense claim that the deed in trust was a gift to Mrs. Forsyth and that she is entitled to the fulfillment of the ante-nuptial contract, and her further share is about $20,000 worth of real estate. The complainants, children of Forsyth by a former wile, say that the deed in trust to one Adams was the fulfillment of the ante-nuptial contract, and that Mrs. Forsyth has received all benefis due her by virtue of said contract. The lower courts sustained Mrs. Forsyth.
Personal Names
PersonClaimDetailEvidence
Alpha Layson ForsythNameAlpha Forsyth [S14] [S30] [S31] [S32] [S38] [S77] [S80] [S81] [S82] [S83] [S85] [S86] [S87] [S88] [S89] [S90] [S91] [S92] [S93] [S94] [S95] [S147] [S251] [S995] [S996] [S997] [S1082:509] [S1083:1191] [S1084:43] [S1085:384] [S1109:18520628] [S1110:18550516] [S1111:18631223] [S1112:18630319] [S1113:18910920] [S1118] [S1119] [S1128] [S1148] [S1492] [S1866:50] [S1922] [S2713] [S2714:18920107] [S2906] [S2907] [S2908] [S2909] [S3147]
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PersonClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Alpha Layson ForsythProbateJan 7, 1892Carthage, Adams, Illinois, United States [S2713] [S2714:18920107]
The lower court sustained the claim of deed by Priscilla Forsyth
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