A mother, in her contract of marriage with a second husband, took him bound to aliment her daughter. The Court modified a sum, and found an offer to aliment in family irrelevant.
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A Widow who liferented her daughter's portion of 12,000 merks, entering into a second marriage, took an obligation in the contract from her future spouse, to educate and aliment her daughter suitably. In a process at the daughter's instance, after her majority, for a liquid sum in place of aliment:—The Lords decerned for 300 merks a-year, and found it not a sufficient implement of the obligation, that the defender offered to aliment her in his own house with her mother, as was done for bygone years.
