Riley v. Wilson

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

— The following issues are certified for decision:

“1. Can a married woman make a gift of her separate real estate to her husband, by joining with her husband in a conveyance of the land to a third party, complying fully with the law as to privy examination and acknowledgment, and then causing such third party to reconvey the land to the husband ?

“2. If the first question be answered in the affirmative, would the fact that the property is the homestead affect the question; if so, how ?

“3. In making such conveyance through a third person, is it necessary that the deed…