Aldridge v. Muirhead
Supreme Court of the United States
• Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for tiie District of New Jersey. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This is a suit in equity brought by the assignee in bankruptcy of (Thomas Aldridge, to reduce to his possession, as part of the estate, property standing in the name of Anne Aldridge, the wife of the bankrupt. The theory of the bill is that the bankrupt, while largely indebted, purchased the property in controversy with his own means, and took the title in the name of his wife to keep it away from his creditors.
New Jersey has been among the most liberal of the States in modifying the rules of the common law prescribing the rights of the husband in the property of his wife and in protecting…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Voorhees v. BonesteelSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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- De Grauw v. MechanNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1891
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