Castleman v. Jeffries
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. Geo. H. Craig. This action was brought by Mrs. Ann M. Jeffries, the wife of Walter B. Jeffries, against D. J. Castleman, to recover the sum of $701.13, alleged to be “due by account for money had and received by Jeffries & Castleman (a firm composed of A. S. Jeffries and the said D. J. Castleman), belonging to the corpus of the statutory separate estate of the said Ann M. Jeffries, and received by said Jeffries &…
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Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Hale. Tried before the Hon. Geo. H. Craig. This action was brought by Mrs. Ann M. Jeffries, the wife of Walter B. Jeffries, against D. J. Castleman, to recover the sum of $701.13, alleged to be “due by account for money had and received by Jeffries & Castleman (a firm composed of A. S. Jeffries and the said D. J. Castleman), belonging to the corpus of the statutory separate estate of the said Ann M. Jeffries, and received by said Jeffries & Castleman on the 18th November, 1872 ; ” and was commenced on the 8th February, 1875. The defendant filed five pleas —…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
“All property of the wife, held by her previous to the marriage, or which she may become entitled to *388after the marriage, in any manner, is the separate estate of the wife,” . . —Code of 1876, § 2705. Under this statute, and all sections of the Code bearing on the same subject, we have uniformly held, that the provisions therein found relate exclusively to estates which, in the absence of the statute, would not be the separate property of the wife. 2 Brick. Dig. 91, § 272. The statute has never been construed as affecting rights of property which had vested prior to its enactment, or dioses in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Tennessee & Coosa Railroad v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
- Marks v. CowlesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Drake v. GloverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
- Stewart v. ConnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
- Ravisies v. Stoddart & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1858
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Burns v. ShapleyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
- Tiner v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
- Peet & Co. v. HatcherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Daniels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
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