Edwards v. . Woods
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made April 16, 1891, which denied a motion for a new trial and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff to be entered upon a verdict.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made April 16, 1891, which denied a motion for a new trial and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff to be entered upon a verdict. This was an action to recover damages for the wrongful taking and selling of a horse belonging to plaintiff by defendant, who, as sheriff of Seneca county, had levied upon said horse under an execution issued upon a judgment confessed by plaintiff’s husband. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The personal property of a…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The act of 1848, for the more effectual protection of married women, declared that the property of a married woman “ shall not be subject to the disposal of her husband, nor he liable for his debts.” By the act of 1860 (Chap. 90), this exemption was qualified as follows : “ Except such debts as may have been contracted for the support of herself or her children by her as his agent.”
The execution under which the defendant levied upon and sold the horse, was issued upon a judgment obtained in an action against the husband of the plaintiff, upon an account for merchandise consisting of goods,…
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