Torrey v. Cameron
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Taylor. Tried below before Hon. William Kennedy. In addition to the statement of the case contained in the opinion, it may be added that the plaintiff having alleged that the money with which the property in controversy had been bought had accrued to her from a separate estate she owned in Pensylvania, the law of Pennsylvania relating to the estates of married women was introduced, and was as follows: “ That every species and description of property, whether…
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Appeal from Taylor. Tried below before Hon. William Kennedy. In addition to the statement of the case contained in the opinion, it may be added that the plaintiff having alleged that the money with which the property in controversy had been bought had accrued to her from a separate estate she owned in Pensylvania, the law of Pennsylvania relating to the estates of married women was introduced, and was as follows: “ That every species and description of property, whether real, personal, or mixed, which may be owned by or belong to any single woman shall continue to be the property of such…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.—
The appellant Jane G. Torrey, joined
by her husband William Torrey, brought this suit to enjoin the sale under executions of certain lands in Taylor, Jones, and Nolan counties, and of certain lots in the town of Abilene, upon the ground that they were her separate property. The lands had been attached as the property of William Torrey in two suits brought by William Cameron & Co. and the Denton Mills and Elevator Company respectively against the firm of Torrey, Davidson & Grasscup, of which William Torrey was a member. In these two suits judgments were rendered for…
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