In re Suckle
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
In the matter of the bankruptcy of Jacob Suckle. On petition to review the claim of Dora Suckle for wages. The petitioner presented a claim for $680 against the estate of the bankrupt for alleged services as clerk. The claim was disallowed by the referee and on a petition for a review brought before this court.
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In the matter of the bankruptcy of Jacob Suckle. On petition to review the claim of Dora Suckle for wages. The petitioner presented a claim for $680 against the estate of the bankrupt for alleged services as clerk. The claim was disallowed by the referee and on a petition for a review brought before this court. The facts established by the evidence are that she is the wife of the bankrupt; that they have a family of four children of tender age; that when the bankrupt went into business 16 months ago he entered into a contract with her whereby she was to be employed as clerk in the store and…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is. conceded by counsel for the claimant that at common law a wife could not recover for such services from her husband; but it is claimed that the married woman’s act of this state permits such contracts, and therefore entitles her to recover. The statute relied on was enacted on April 28, 1873 (Acts 1873, c. 126), is digested in Kirby’s Digest as section 5213, and is as follows:
*829"The property, both real and personal, which any married woman now owns, or has had conveyed to 'her by any person in good faith and without prejudice to existing creditors, or…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Coleman v. . BurrNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of CallisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Whitaker v. . WhitakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Roulston v. HallSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- Kline v. RaglandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1886
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