Harter v. Holman

We find but one question in this case serious enough to require treatment, and that question may be stated as follows: When a married woman delivers to her husband money belonging to her separate estate with no agree*464ment of any kind as to the repayment thereof, is there a legal presumption that it was intended as a gift? By the great weight of authority in the states where, as in Wisconsin, married women have been given full right to receive, hold, and deal with their separate estate as if single, this question is answered in the negative. Bergey’s Appeal, 60 Pa. St. 408; Boyd v. De La…