Hale v. Christy
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the Otoe county district court. The case is stated in the opinion. 1. The note of a married woman given during coverture (except to improve her separate estate) is absolutely void, such note cannot be recovered on even after death of husband.
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Appeal from the Otoe county district court. The case is stated in the opinion. 1. The note of a married woman given during coverture (except to improve her separate estate) is absolutely void, such note cannot be recovered on even after death of husband. Thomas v. Passage, 54 Ind., 106. Kantrowitz v. Prather, 31 Ind., 92. Sharpe v. Clifford, 44 Ind., 346. 2. A woman may while married sue and be sued in the same manner as if she were, unmarried, * * * but the rule must be observed' that all such contracts of a feme covert must be with reference to and upon the faith and credit of her separate…
1Opinion of the CourtLake, J.
This case comes here by appeal of one of the defendants, and the first question to be decided is raised by a motion to strike from the record what purports to be the evidence taken on the trial in the court below, on the ground of its not being properly authenticated, the judge presiding at the trial not having certified it to be such. Motion sustained for'the following reasons: Section two of the act providing for appeals in equity actions, “approved March 3, 1873” [Gen. Stat., 716], provides that “when the proofs and testimony are taken orally before the court on the hearing of the cause,…
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