Craft v. Rolland
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit for goods sold, brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County, and tried on the general issue with notice, closed to the court, before Brewster, J. The defense set up in the notice was, that the defendant was, and during all the time covered by the declaration had been, a married woman, one Augustus Rolland being her husband, and that she had hot transacted business of any kind for herself since her marriage.
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Assumpsit for goods sold, brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County, and tried on the general issue with notice, closed to the court, before Brewster, J. The defense set up in the notice was, that the defendant was, and during all the time covered by the declaration had been, a married woman, one Augustus Rolland being her husband, and that she had hot transacted business of any kind for herself since her marriage. Before the trial of the case in the Court of Common Pleas the plaintiffs moved to amend their writ by striking out the words, next following the name of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
The principal ground for a new trial of this cause is based on the claim that the husband of the defendant was originally liable to pay the plaintiffs’ bill. And here we think the defendant is in error. The goods were purchased by the defendant solely on her responsibility. The husband was not known in the transaction by either party. She intended to pledge her credit and her separate estate in payment, and offered them to the plaintiffs in exchange for their goods, which offer was accepted, and the property delivered by them on her credit alone, although they knew that she was a feme covert,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cook v. BradleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1828
- Shelton v. PendletonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1847
- Baldwin v. WalkerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1851
- Nash v. AdamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1855
- Taylor v. SheltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
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