Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-21


very well, then to the advocates. And
Papa Schweizer found himself defend
ant in suit for the amount due, $4,000
in all, up to January. 90 last. He hur-
ried around to his lawyer and demand
ed what to co. With him he brought
the papers-yes, there was the sun.
mons and complaint and in plain Eng
lish they referred to the marriage set
Element of ten years and more ago and
the promise that he wouldn't break his
will.
~.T To Sue Papa-in-Law.
Papa Schweizer found, too. that the
count and his American wife had as
signed their joint claim, to Attilio de
Chico, who was suing in the Supreme
Court of New York. and that the agree
ment entered into by the trio of inter
ested parties four days before the we'd
ding was to be Exhibit A"
Mr.. Schweizer promptly denied ev-
erything in his answer except that his
daughter was married to the count.
He offered to leave her $4,000 and pay
her half of $4,000, or $3.50 francs
year, If they would drop the suit, send
ing around another agreement to that
effect.
Not for a moment will l consider
that" declared Michael Schneider.
mann, the Gulinellis counsel, of No.
"A Pine street, New York, when he re-
ceived the new agreement for his eli
fa 70 c;o FfNNn GIlinO tO fest
the validity of the marriage settle
| ment, which holds under the New York
law, no matter what happens. The
! marriage itself is sufficient considera'
| ton to make it binding If this one is
not, then all anteanuptial contracts are
void. 1t is the same sort of an agree
ment which all rich men make when
their daughters marry foreigners.
Aud the father cannot now abrogate
| it by will or in any other way. If it
| Is valid, then he cannot relieve him.
self of it's obligations, and that is
what we are suing to find out.
I'VE expect Mr.. Schweizer to try to
test the legality of the agreement, OF
| course He pleads that it is now an
unnecessary drain upon him, especial.
| ly as his son-in-law is prosperous, but
| that is no concern of ours. He can
not set aside so lightly as this a for
NAL ante-nuptial contract, regarded in
law as among the most binding of doc
| uments.
Say He Must Settle.
Death itself cannot abrogate such
a contract, as many decisions already
hold The count married Miss Schwei-
! ger as he agreed to and now Mr..
Schweizer must live up to the end of
his bargain, just as he agreed to.
I'VE will win and then Mr.. Schwei-
ger cannot change his will His daugh-
ter must get her share of her father s
estate, which is what we want. The
count feels that his being well-to-do
is no reason why the payments be dis
continued or his fathsr-in-law's will
be altered to his wifes disadvantage.
The case is on the calendar for trial
and the Count and Countess Gulinelli
will be here to give their testimony.
And then Mr. Schweizer will find
out that he can't make q marriage set
Element and then forget about il when
he gets disgruntled. They don't do
things that way abroad. and folks
won't be allowed to do it here
And so-unless Papa Schweizer re-
lents-we shall soon see whether or
not Yankee fathers must live up to
marriage settlements just as foreign
Il fathers have done -New York Sunday
World Magazine.