140 So. 2d 358 - Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1971
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kaufmann Estate · Weeks v. Weeks · North v. Ringling Ringling v. North · Fuller v. State Ex Rel. Godson · The Northern Trust Co. v. King
Most-quoted passages
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““In our examination of the evidence presented by this voluminous record, certain principles, well established and long recognized in this area of the law, must be our guide: (1) an antenuptial agreement — even though the parties occupy toward each other a relationship of trust and confidence — is presumptively valid and binding upon the parties; while the law requires that each party to the agreement act with the utmost good faith and candor toward the other party, the law presumes that this requirement has been fulfilled and the burden of proving the invalidity of an antenuptial agreement rests upon the party who so charges * * (at 361) (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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