Legal Opinion

Lovett v. Robinson & Witbeck

New York Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1851PublishedCited by 9 opinions

This cause was tried at the Rensselaer circuit in June 1852, by the court, without a jury. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Willard, Justice.

In the year 1851, the plaintiff purchased in New York, upon her own credit, a quantity of millinery goods, and removed them to her own residence in Troy, where she carried on business in her own name. At and before the said purchase she was a married woman, living and cohabiting with her husband in that place. She had no capital save her business capacity. Shortly after the goods were removed to Troy, the defendant Robinson, cáused an execution to be issued upon a judgment recovered in his favor against S. Porter Lovett jr., the plaintiff’s husband, in 1847, for $402.80, and…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Cropsey v. McKinneyNew York Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Coon v. BrookNew York Supreme Court · 1856
  3. Glann v. YoungloveNew York Supreme Court · 1858
  4. Jenkins v. FlinnIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  5. McFerran v. KinneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1886

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