Schoolfield v. Wilkings
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grenada County. Hon. A. T. EoaNE, Judge. The appellants, having recovered a judgment against John Á. Wilkings, had an execution issued thereon and levied upon a certain stock of goods and merchandise. Mrs. Lou O. Wil-ldngs, wife of the defendant, in the execution, claimed the property as her own. An issue to test her claim was made and tried by the court, upon aii agreed statement of facts.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grenada County. Hon. A. T. EoaNE, Judge. The appellants, having recovered a judgment against John Á. Wilkings, had an execution issued thereon and levied upon a certain stock of goods and merchandise. Mrs. Lou O. Wil-ldngs, wife of the defendant, in the execution, claimed the property as her own. An issue to test her claim was made and tried by the court, upon aii agreed statement of facts. The court rendered judgment for the claimant, and this appeal was taken by the plaintiffs in execution. So many of the facts contained in the agreed statement referred to…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
It is admitted by the agreed statement of facts that Mrs. Wilkings was doing business as a merchant with her own means and in her own name, and that all the property embarked or accumulated in it was her own, though the business was conducted for her by her husband as her agent, clerk, and employee. It is insisted under this state, of facts that the property was made liable for the husband’s debts, because there was not posted conspicuously on or about the premises a written or printed sign, disclosing the ownership of the business and property. This is an entire misconception of the statute…
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