Garr v. Haskett

Bicknell, C. C.

The appellees brought this suit against the appellants, as husband and wife, upon an account for goods sold and delivered to the wife before her marriage. The complaint contained an averment that, by the marriage, the husband acquired a large amount of personal property, enough to pay the debt and costs, and that the wife owned real estate as her separate property.

The defendants answered jointly in three paragraphs, to wit t. 1. A general denial. 2. That at the time the goods were bought the wife was a minor. 3. The statute of limitations-of six years.

The wife answered…