Hall v. Eccleston
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, in Equity. The'bill of complaint in this case, filed on the 6th of March, 1871, by the appellants, doing business in the city of Washington, represented that on the 12th of May, in the year 1870, Charles "A. Eccleston' and Martha A. Eccleston, his wife, at that time residing in Montgomery county, in the State of Maryland, hut at the date of filing the bill, residing in the State of New York, being indebted unto the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, in Equity. The'bill of complaint in this case, filed on the 6th of March, 1871, by the appellants, doing business in the city of Washington, represented that on the 12th of May, in the year 1870, Charles "A. Eccleston' and Martha A. Eccleston, his wife, at that time residing in Montgomery county, in the State of Maryland, hut at the date of filing the bill, residing in the State of New York, being indebted unto the complainants in the sum of $1,0$0.62, did, by their promissory note of that date, jointly and severally, promise to pay said…
1Opinion of the CourtAlvey, J.
By the contract, on which the bill of complaint was filed in this case, the appellees, being husband and wife, jointly and severally bound themselves, their separate and individual estates, for the payment of the debt mentioned, to the appellants; and the only question raised by the demurrer to the bill of complaint is, whether the separate estate of the wife can be bound and made liable for the payment of such debt, under the 2d section of the 45th Art. of the Code.
The section of the Code referred to provides, that all property owned or acquired by a married woman, according to the modes…
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