Bressler v. Kent

Sabrina Bressler, a married woman, executed, without the concurrence of her husband, as a party, her separate deed of trust of certain real estate owned by her, to secure the payment of a promissory note given by herself and husband for a debt of the latter, and the question presented by this record is, did she thereby charge such real estate with the payment of the debt, and will a court of equity, by a proceeding against the property, subject it to the payment of such charge?

By the common law, the only mode in which a married woman had power to transfer her title or interest in real estate,…