Case Name: COLEMAN v. TOOP
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1833-06
Citations: 1 Wright 315
Docket Number: 
Parties: COLEMAN v. TOOP.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery, decided by the Supreme court of Ohio, during the years 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834.
Volume: 1
Pages: 321–322

Head Matter:
COLEMAN v. TOOP.
Ante-nuptial agreement^-will and deed of married women — prairi pleading.
"Whether a will of real estate by a married woman, or a deed for her property, made without joining with her husband, are valid, are questions of law which may be determined without a resort to chancery.
A paper asserting that a part of the bill is pleaded to, and part demurred to, will be struck from the files; such papers degrade the profession.
In Chancery. The bill set forth a contract of marriage by the complainant, and the promise of the woman to convey to him one hundred acres of land, which she held; that he married before the deed was executed, and then the wife made a will, devising the lapd to the complainant, but being advised it was not valid for such purpose, she executed, without uniting with her husband, a convey anee to a trustee, and died; the trustee conveyed to the complain-316] *ant; that the defendant, who is her son and heir, has brought ejectment, which is now pending, and prays an injunction, and tobe quieted.
The following paper is filed for a plea; “ Plea of the statute of frauds, as to so much as sets up an ante-nuptial agreement, and demurrer to the balance. H. Phelps for Jno. Toop."
Robinson for the complainant.
Loofborough for the defendant.

Opinion:
WRIGHT, J.
If there is any claim in the complainant, it is a legal claim. If either the deed or the will is valid, they are so at law, and will constitute a defence to the ejectment suit. But the case is not for hearing. The paper called a plea and demurrer, we can take no notice of; such papers are poor apologies for carelessness, and degrade the profession. The paper maybe struck off the files, and the injunction dissolved-. Continued.