Bassett v. Beam
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Latah. County. Except in special cases, as under the sole trader’s act, a married woman cannot by contract create a personal liability against herself in any form. The rights of married women, as io their separate property and their power over it in Idaho, depend mainly on the statutes in force in this state.
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APPEAL from District Court, Latah. County. Except in special cases, as under the sole trader’s act, a married woman cannot by contract create a personal liability against herself in any form. The rights of married women, as io their separate property and their power over it in Idaho, depend mainly on the statutes in force in this state. If the •defendant, Mrs. Beam, could make a contract whereby the encumbrance of an attachment lien could be placed upon her •separate property, the very object and purpose of the Idaho statute would be nullified. (Idaho Rev. Stats., secs. 2498, •5850, 5860;…
1Opinion of the CourtHuston, C. J.
The defendant Maud F. Beam, a married woman, made a contract with plaintiff, by the terms whereof the plaintiff agreed, for the consideration therein expressed, to •erect certain buildings and make certain improvements upon a tract of land, the separate property of said Maud F. Beam, situate in Latah county, Idaho. The complaint alleges the performance of the work by plaintiff in accordance with the ■contract, the refusal of the defendant or her husband (who is made a party defendant to the action) to pay therefor, and. •demands judgment for the sum claimed to be due. The deiendants demurred…
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