Dougherty v. . Sprinkle

The single question presented in this appeal is, whether the court of a justice of the peace can entertain an action against a married woman, brought upon a promise to pay for work done upon premises owned and held as her separate property.

In Fisher v. Webb, 84 N. C., 44, a doubt was expressed as to whether that court had jurisdiction of any cause arising ex con-tracta against a feme covert; but as the point did not directly arise in that case, and was not necessarily involved in its decision, it was not intended to conclude it. It was, therefore, fairly open to the plaintiff to be raised, as…