83 Miss. 392 | Miss. | 1903
delivered the opinion of the court.
C. A. 0. Renardet and Margaret Renardet were married prior to 1871, and the only issue of that marriage is Eugenia, now the appellant, Mrs. Stevenson. They were divorced November 18, 1871, and remarried May 24,! 1875, and the other two appellants, Joseph and Charles Renardet, were the only children of the second marriage. On the day of the second marriage they joined in a prenuptial contract, duly recorded, in which it is recited in the outset, under a “whereas,” that the desire was by it “to secure to Margaret Renardet such settlement of property as they have agreed upon.” It proceeds to show under a “whereas” that Margaret had considerable property, and that C. A. C. Renardet had none, and then sets forth (italics ours) that: “It being desired by them to secure to said Margaret the full control and management of all property which she now owns and which may hereafter be accumulated, purchased or in any way acquired by her and the said 0. A. 0. Renardet jointly during the lifetime of said Margaret, and to secure to her the right to malee disposition of the same according to her will aijad pleasure, so that said property shall descend to her said child (Eugenia) or to said child and to such other children as she shall then have at her death, noto therefore it is agreed that the said Margaret Renardet, after said contemplated marriage, is to hold all of the property which she now owns in her own right as absolutely as if she tuere to remain single and unmarried, and the said C. A. 0. Renardet hereby conveys and relinquishes all right, title or interest in the same which he might otherwise acquire by said contemplated marriage. And it is further agreed and intended that the said Margaret shall own and control and be secured
As to such of the appellees as claim title under the trust deed executed by Mr. and Mrs. Renardet, there seems little difficulty. The antenuptial contract was like any other contract. It was between the parties to it, its consideration was between them, moving from each to the other, and, subject to their joint control, rescindable, in whole or in part, at their joint pleasure, and a conveyance of any part of the subject of it after the code of 1880, emancipating married women, in fee
Affirmed.