New York Supreme Court May 15, 1884 (Peck v. Vandermark)

Hardin, J.:

Section 2 of tbe Revised Statutes (2 Edm. ed., 140) provides that every agreement shall be void “ made upon consideration of marriage, “ unless such agreement or some note or memorandum thereof expressing tbe consideration, be in writing, and subscribed *215by the party to be charged ■ therewith.” Plaintiff, being a widow, .