Parsons v. McLane
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for medical attendance on the defendant’s husband. Facts found by the court. December 14,1882, the plaintiffs, practising physicians, were called by the defendant to visit her husband. He had no property, his recovery was regarded as improbable, and the plaintiffs were reluctant to attend him. The defendant urged them to do so, saying that her husband’s life was insured for her benefit, and that she would employ and pay them.
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Assumpsit, for medical attendance on the defendant’s husband. Facts found by the court. December 14,1882, the plaintiffs, practising physicians, were called by the defendant to visit her husband. He had no property, his recovery was regarded as improbable, and the plaintiffs were reluctant to attend him. The defendant urged them to do so, saying that her husband’s life was insured for her benefit, and that she would employ and pay them. At that time the defendant had no estate in her own right. Relying upon the defendant’s promise, the plaintiffs attended her husband professionally until his…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
“ Every married woman shall have the same ’rights and remedies, and shall be subject to the same liabilities in relation to property held by her in her own right, as if she were unmarried, and may make contracts, and sue and be sued, in all •matters in law and equity, and upon any contract by her made, or for any wrong by her done before marriage, as if she were unmarried ; provided, however, that the authority hereby given to make icontracts shall not affect the laws heretofore in force as to contracts between husband and wife; and provided, also, that no contract or conveyance by .a married…
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