Bailey v. Apperson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Conrt of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — Vm. H. Fitzhugh, Special Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. A. R. GholsoN, Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question presented in this case is whether or not before chapter 26, Xcts of 1913, became operative, a married woman, by deed in which her husband joins, duly acknowledged by privy examination, could convey to him real estate held by her as her general estate.
The act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in 1789, ceding the territory which now composes the State of Tennessee, provided that the laws then in force and in use in North Carolina should be and continue in full force in the territory ceded until the same…
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