Faddis v. Woollomes
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Allen District Gom't. Mary E. Faddis, a married woman, purchased directly from her husband, E. P. Faddis, a colt, and paid for said colt with money belonging to her in her own light. Afterward, her husband contracted a debt, was sued thereon, and upon a judgment rendered against him for said debt an execution was issued to Woollomes, as constable, and by the latter levied on tlje said colt. The plaintiff brought replevin.
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Error from Allen District Gom't. Mary E. Faddis, a married woman, purchased directly from her husband, E. P. Faddis, a colt, and paid for said colt with money belonging to her in her own light. Afterward, her husband contracted a debt, was sued thereon, and upon a judgment rendered against him for said debt an execution was issued to Woollomes, as constable, and by the latter levied on tlje said colt. The plaintiff brought replevin. The case was removed from a justice’s court to the district court, by appeal, and was tried at the January Term 1870. The district court held that “the contract…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
We do not think that it is necessary to consider the preliminary questions raised by the plaintiff in error, for a decision of the main question involved in the case will dispose of the whole case finally. The main questions involved are precisely the same as those decided in the case of Going v. Orns, 8 Kas., 85, to which we refer. (See also Monroe v. May, 9 Kas., 466; Deering v. Boyle, 8 Kas., 525, and Wicks v. Mitchell, 9 Kas., 80, as deciding kindred questions.) A married woman may purchase personal property,, *58with her own money, from…
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- Monroe v. May, Weil & Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1872
- Going v. OrnsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
- Deering v. BoyleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
- Wicks v. MitchellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
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