New-York tribune., 1910-09-22
WANTS CHANLER RECEIVER
First Wife Moves to Set Aside
the Ante-NuptiaE Agreement.
ALLEGES UNDUE INFLUENCE
Says Indenture Was Obtained by
Cavalier by Fraud, and Seeks
Protection of Alimony.

Despite the distaste OF her attorney for
even the slightest newspaper comment
where he and his client are concerned, Mrs.
Julia Remington Chamberlain ChanIer first
wife OF Robert W. Chanler. nevertheless
ordered him yesterday to file in the County
Clerks Office notice of her action against
Chanler and his second wife, Cavalier, to-
gether with the Union Trust Company,
trustee: Lewis 5. Chanler and Winthrop
Chanler, trustees, and the New York Life
Insurance and Trust Company, trustee.
The purpose Of the action is to set aside
the Chanler-CavaIieri ante-nuptial agree
ment as a fraud against the first Mrs
Chanler and her two daughters, who live in
Paris, under an old agreement by which
Chanler pays her 20O00 a year for herself
and her children.
After stating that the first Mrs. Chanler
was married in London on April L, 1S93
that two children were born and that she
divorced Robert ". ChanIer in Paris on
August Z, 1907, the complaint states that
upon information and belief r. W. Chan
Ter executed on May 81. 1910. and delivered
to Lima Cavalieri an indenture pUrporting
10 convey to her $4,000 a year during her
lifetime. the first instalment TO be paid
thirty days after the marriage, in celebra-
ton of the event
Seeks Protection for Children.
'eThe plaintiff is not aware" says the
complaint, ''of the yearly income of the
said R. W. Chanler. but has been advised
and believes that by the aforesaid at
tempted conveyance the defendant, R. w
Chanler. has put 1t out of his power 10
carry out the terms of his said agreement
with the plaintiff and that by reason
thereof the plaintiff and her children may
be deprived OF the means Of livelihood and
OF the moneys necessary for their support
and the provisions of the aforesaid judg-
ment may be rendered nugatory.
THAT the plaintiff is further informed
and believes that the defendant r. w.
Chanler, at the time of the execution OF
the said indenture was in a suggestible
mental state: that he was susceptible or
liable 10 be easily influenced and deceived.
and that the defendant, Natalina Cava-
Iieri-ChanleT. knowing of his condition and
taking advantage thereof. contrived by
specious inducements
and undue influence TO persuade him TO
execute the said indenture"
The complaint describes in detail all the
property formerly held by Chanler and
the pieces conveyed TO Cava-
lieri as set forth in the ante -nuptial agree
ment filed with the Register.
Urges Appointment of Receiver.
The first Mrs. ChanIer then demands
judgment on the following grounds.
That it be adjudged that the execution
Of the said indenture obtained by the |
defendant, Nstaiina Cavalieri-Chanler. by |
fraud and undue influence and that the
OF the same was not the free
act and deed of the said Robert W. Chan |
Ter and that II was and is void.
THAT the said purported conveyance or |
ante-nuptial agreement be adjudged 10 be |
In fraud of the rights of plaintiff and the |
OF the said r W Chanler. and |
therefore void. and that il be brought into /
court and delivered up 10 be cancelled and |
that the record thereof In the office OF |