Amis v. . Satterfield
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Person County, at the Fall Term, 1847. The'bill was filed in the Court of Equity for Person County, and charged that, in the year 1822, the defendant intermarried with Frances Raven, the widow of one John Raven, having previously entered into articles of agreement, bearing date the..18th day of December, 1822, which, after recitingthe intended marriage of the parties, and that the property of b^ich was encumbered with debt and…
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Cause removed from the Court of Equity of Person County, at the Fall Term, 1847. The'bill was filed in the Court of Equity for Person County, and charged that, in the year 1822, the defendant intermarried with Frances Raven, the widow of one John Raven, having previously entered into articles of agreement, bearing date the..18th day of December, 1822, which, after recitingthe intended marriage of the parties, and that the property of b^ich was encumbered with debt and stipulating-that the .property of neither should be liable to the debts of the other, but that the properly of each should be…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Upon the construction of the marriage articles, we are clearly of opinion, that the defendant’s wife had the power to dispose of her slaves during her coverture without the consent of her husband. The intention of the parties is to be collected from the language of the instrument, and that is too plain to be misunderstood. In it there is an express provision that she “ is to have full power to give, sell or convey her property at any or all times which must mean during the marriage as well as at any other time, both because there is nothing in the instrument to restrict the generality of…
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