Wheeler v. Wheeler
Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Trover for a horse; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New London County, and tried to the court, upon the general issue, before Mather, J. The court found the following facts: On the 23d of April, 1874, the plaintiff was married to Edwin C. Wheeler, then of Bozrah in this state, and on the same day started with him for Mount Carmel, in the state of New York, for the purpose of visiting a family named Powers who were residents of that place.
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- Trover for a horse; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New London County, and tried to the court, upon the general issue, before Mather, J. The court found the following facts: On the 23d of April, 1874, the plaintiff was married to Edwin C. Wheeler, then of Bozrah in this state, and on the same day started with him for Mount Carmel, in the state of New York, for the purpose of visiting a family named Powers who were residents of that place. They arrived at the house of Mr. Powers the next day and remained there about a week. While there, on the 27th of April, Mr. Wheeler bargained…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
As our law now stands it must be conceded that a husband may make a valid gift of personal property to his wife, if it is bonk fide and not prejudicial.to creditors. Deming v. Williams, 26 Conn., 226; Jennings v. Davis, 31 Conn., 134; Underhill v. Morgan, 33 Conn., 105.
Nothing appears in this case to impeach the bonk fide character of the gift. It was made just after the marriage of the parties and while they were on their wedding tour, and the amount of property thus transferred to the wife was not unreasonably large. Neither can the gift be set aside on the ground that it was prejudicial to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Deming v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- Jennings v. DavisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
- Underhill v. MorganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1865
3Cited by6 opinions
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