Tennessee Supreme Court December 15, 1847 (Hackney v. Hackney)

Turley, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

This bill is filed for a specific execution of an ante-nuptial contract. The proof shows satisfactorily, that the defendant although urgently requested by the complainant before the marriage to convey her own property in trust for her separate use, with an unlimited power of disposal, always refused so to do, upon the alledged ground, that such a