Dickerman v. Abrahams
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an appeal from a judgment rendered at the Rensselaer circuit, in February, 1854, Justice Watson presiding. The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that, at the special instance and request of Mrs. Abrahams, he had furnished materials for the building of.a house for her, upon her separate estate, to a specified amount, and that, in consideration that he would furnish such materials, she had agreed that she would pay for the same out of her separate estate, and…
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THIS was an appeal from a judgment rendered at the Rensselaer circuit, in February, 1854, Justice Watson presiding. The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that, at the special instance and request of Mrs. Abrahams, he had furnished materials for the building of.a house for her, upon her separate estate, to a specified amount, and that, in consideration that he would furnish such materials, she had agreed that she would pay for the same out of her separate estate, and appointed the same to be paid for out of such separate estate. The plaintiff claimed judgment for the amount of his demand,…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
By the act of 1848, for the more effectual protection of the property of married women, (Sess. Laws 1848, p. 307,) it was declared, that the real and personal property of a married woman should thereafter be her sole and separate property, as if she were a single female. Though Mrs. Abrahams was married before the act took effect, so that her husband would have a vested interest in such property as she had previously acquired, yet it appears, from the evidence in the case, that the lot upon which the building was erected for which the plaintiff furnished the materials in question, was…
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