Legal Opinion

Mayo v. Bank of Gleason

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1918Published

FROM WEAKLEY. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Weakley County. — Hon. Joseph E. Jones, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fentress

Complainants are husband and wife, and the defendant is the guardian of the wife, who is’ a minor eighteen years of age.

The bill seeks a final settlement with the guardian, and decree for the estate of the wife. The chancellor was of the opinion that the marriage of the infant wife did not terminate the guardianship, and dismissed the ■biH.

We think the decree of the chancellor is correct. Prior to the passage of the Bejach Law (Acts of 1913, chapter 26), emancipating married women from the *425disability of coverture, the guardianship of a minor female ceased upon her marriage. Prewitt v. Bunch,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Knoxville Ry. & Light Co. v. VangilderTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Lillienkamp v. RippetoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Bennett v. HutchensTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Prewitt v. BunchTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Baker v. DewTennessee Supreme Court · 1915

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