The evening world., 1908-12-30
COURT REVOKES
ANTE-NUPT|AL
GIFT Of A WIFE
When the Couple Separated
Mrs. Schier Wanted Her
Own Money Back.
HUSBAND WAS WILLING.
Then. Judge Was Called Upon
to Pass on Odd Legal
Complication.

When Frederick Schier and Frances
Harlan made up their minds to get
married they entered into an ante-nup-
t1al agreement which will be recognized
by any expert In matters OF the heart
as regular safe and sane insurance
policy on their everlasting love and de-
votion.
But the policy lapsed, apparently. for
Justice MacLean to-day delivered a
Judgment to which both parties as
sented, which indicates that Cupid
3opped boarding with Mr. and Mrs.
Schier at No Ssl Macon street. Brook
Ign. long time ago.
The couple were married in Jersey
City May l. 1894.
they entered into an. agreement under
which, lin consideration OF their COM
ing marriage, Frances Harlan con-
veyed to Frederick Sch!er all her prop
erty. real and personal. derived by her
under the will of her uncle. the late
Gen. William Lilly, OF Mauch Chunk,
Penn, who bequeathed to her a one
thirteenth part OF his estate
UnIucky Thirteen,
Permitting that fraction ''one-thir-
teenth'-to pass without comment on
the reputation OF 49," as written down
by the authors on luck. by agreement
the ha1E2y bridegroom was to hold the
property OF his br!de-eIect in trust until
the parson had said the last word and
after that he was to hold IL in trust for
20 y,,i.t J, ~,
time his Judgment directed 1t, but
merely changing the character of the
holding. for ,he MIST invest the pro
eesds and hold as before for their joint
use. When Frederick died this odd
trust estate was to revert to Frances OF
their heirs.
But. on DEC. 81. 1894. Frederick wanted
more capitalo'!N his business, and an
other agreement followed. under which
he was permitted to use the money re-
ceived from the estate in his business
Something or other was unsatisfactory
about this. however, and on Jan. !, 1906
q third agreement signed By this pain
fully methodical business pair provided
that each should take ose-half of the
income OF the Lilly olegacy-and each
""'uiu pay oHe-hd.t VI lHe NOusenUIC
expenses.
The Wife's Charges.
But In her complaint, In which she
wants the. whole commercial arrange
ment blotted out, Mrs Schier alleges
that Frederick kept the whole income
refused 20 pay his half of the household
expenses; refused to account TO her for
the trust fund and its income: used had
language when she clam6red for infor
nation about her property. and made
her sigh instruments. the nature OF
which she did not know: and that in
November. 1907, she was compelled to
leave him.
TO all OF this Frederick Schier en-.
tered general denial but subsequently.
consented to the entry OF a formal indy
mont.
me judgment entered by Justice Mac
Lean to-day makes all the ante-n unt,aI
anu posi-nuptial agreements of this pair
nul! ana void and cancels them II di-
reefs Mr.. Schier to restore the trust
estate In ohis. wife's legacy OF one-thir-
teentn or her uncle's property to her,
ana tnat she In. turn give her husband
. Qtiit claim deeds 10 two 16O-acre farms
IN North Dakota and Kansas and nav
70 FREDERICK one-third Of the income
from her inheritance for life.
II ID also decreed that Frederick nav
over 70 Frances s.. 500 within three days.
ana that he should have half the in.
come OF the ante-nuptiaI trust estate
for this. year 1905,