In re Goodman
District Court, D. Indiana
This was a proceeding in bankruptcy, instituted by Hays, Gibbons & Co., of St. Louis, against Rachel Goodman, a married woman.
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This was a proceeding in bankruptcy, instituted by Hays, Gibbons & Co., of St. Louis, against Rachel Goodman, a married woman. The petition is in the usual form, and charges that Mrs. Goodman is the wife of Morris Goodman; that for several years last past she has been a resident of the city of Evansville, Ind., where she has been engaged in business in her own name, buying and selling goods, wares and merchandise; that she is indebted to petitioners in the sum of $487.27, for goods sold and delivered, wnlch sum is due and unpaid, and within six calendar months next preceding the filing of…
1Opinion of the Court
GRESHAM, District Judge.
By the common law, married women are disabled generally from contracting or engaging in trade. There are exceptions to this rule, having their foundation in special local custom, or upon the principle that the marriage is for the time suspended. Of the latter character is the statute of this state, which authorizes a married woman, whose husband has left the state, or has abandoned her without providing for her maintenance, or who is confined in state’s prison, to sue and be sued as a feme sole, to sell and convey her real estate, and to receive payment for her own…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kantrowitz v. PratherIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
- Baxter v. Prickett's AdministratorIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
- Jenkins v. FlinnIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
- Copeland v. CunninghamIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re BriceDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1899