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Agnes Johnston v Robert Melvin. [1681] Mor 6095 (1 December 1681)
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[1681] Mor 6095
Pure Donation how far Revocable. Donation after Proclamation of Banns.
Agnes Johnston v. Robert Melvin
Date: 1 December 1681 Case No. No 305.
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Found that a husband's contracting of debt, and exhausting his estate, is a tacit revocation of an anterior gratuitous provision made to his wife stante matrimonio, which otherwise would be valid after his death.