Supreme Court of Connecticut May 29, 1901 (Cowles v. Cowles)

Torrance, J.

In March, 1898, Samuel W. Cowles, then sevent}-one years old, and Emily Wadsworth, then fifty-eight years old, both residents of this State and possessed of some property, in contemplation of marriage one with the other, entered into an antenuptial agreement, the material provisions of which are these: “ In the event that said marriage be consummated, and in contemplation thereof,