Keys v. . Tuten

The Constitution of tbis State provides that the real and personal property of a married woman “may be devised and bequeathed, and, with the written assent of her husband, conveyed by her, as if she was unmarried.” Article X, section 6, Const, of N. C.

It is provided by statute in this State that no conveyance by a married woman of “any freehold estate in her real property shall be valid, unless the same be executed by her and her husband, and proved and acknowledged by them, and her free consent thereto appear on her examination separate and apart from her husband, as is now or may be…