Hodges v. . Hill
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, begun before a Justice of the Peace, and tried before Graves, J., at February Term, 1890, of Lenoir Superior Court. From judgment dismissing the action, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
The only question' presented is whether a Justice of the Peace has jurisdiction of an action against a married woman'to recover a debt contracted prior-, to her marriage. This is not an open question. It has -been held that he has. Neville v. Pope, 95 N. C., 346. The Code, §1823, expressly provides that the liability’of & feme sole “shall not be altered or impaired” by her marriage. Dougherty v. Sprinkle, 88 N. C., 300, which holds that a Justice of the Peace has not jurisdiction of an action against a married woman, applies only to liabilities incurred by her while a feme covert,…
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