Farrand v. Beshoar
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to District Court of Las Animas County. Action to declare a trust in the real estate of plaintiff in error. In the year 1871 plaintiff in error was a married woman, living with her husband, Charles M. Farrand. Owing to domestic trouble, they concluded to and did separate.
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Error to District Court of Las Animas County. Action to declare a trust in the real estate of plaintiff in error. In the year 1871 plaintiff in error was a married woman, living with her husband, Charles M. Farrand. Owing to domestic trouble, they concluded to and did separate. On or about June 21st of that year, in connection with such permanent separation, and as a part of the agreement therefor, Charles M. Farrand conveyed to plaintiff in error, and to 0. H. Farrand, their minor son, in equal undivided parts, by absolute deed, certain real estate in Trinidad, of the value of $5,000. At…
1Opinion of the CourtHelm, J.
All the facts connected with this suit existed during the year 18J1. Hence we are obliged to consider the questions presented with reference to the *293status and rights of plaintiff in error, as a feme covert, previous to the territorial acts of 1872 and 1874 on the subject of married women. The suit was commenced early in the year 1877, and before the present Code of Procedure became a law. We are therefore also to consider this case under the practice as it existed prior to the adoption of that instrument.
The record discloses a consideration for the note offered in evidence. Regarding it, so…
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