Ibid,

6.  Settlement  by  husband  of  all  his  per-
sonal estate  to  which  he  was  then  or
might  thereafter  become  entitled,  in
trust  for  himself  for  life,  with  remainder
absolutely  to  his  wife.  Held,  not  to
comprise  his  interest  in  a  fund  bequeathed
to  him  for  life,  with  remainder  to  his
children.    St,  Aubyn  v.  Humphreys,

vol  22,  p.  175

7.  By  a  post-nuptial  settlement,  a  husband
and  wife  covenanted  with  trustees  to
settle  all  the  property  which  the  wife
might  become  entitled  to  during  the
coverture  on  themselves  for  life,  with
remainder  to  their  children.  During
the  coverture,  part  of  such  property  was
allowed  by  the  husband  to  be  paid  over
to  the  trustees ;  the  other  part  was  not
reduced  into  possession  at  the  husband's
death.  Held,  that  originally,  the  settle-
ment was  binding  on  neither  party ;  and
secondly,  that  the  psrt  paid  over  had
been  effectually  made  subject  to  the
trusts  by  the  husband.  Anderton  v.
Abbott.  vol.  23,  p.  457

8.  Invalidity  of  a  parol  agreement  of  the.
husband  prior  to  marriage  to  settle  his
wife's  property.    Spieer  v.  Spieer,

vol.  24,  p.  865

9.  Where,  prior  to  a  marriage,  the  parties
transfer  a  fund  to  trustees  upon  trusts
agreed  on  by  parol  only,  tfnd  the  instru-
ment declaring  the  same  trusts  is  exe-
cuted after  the  marriage,  it  is  perfectly
valid  as  an  instrument  for  valuable  con-
sideration.    Cooper  V.  Wormald,

vol.  27,  p.  266

10.  A  parol  ante-nuptial  contract  is  not  a
good  consideration  to  support  a  post-nup-
tbl  settlement  as  against  creditors.  Go/-
dieutt  V.  Tounuend.  vol.  28,  p.  445

11.  A  post-nuptial  settlement  of  money
recited  an  ante-nuptial  contract.  By
the  settlement,  those  children  who  sur-

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