Houston v. Clark
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
This is an action of trover, by Charles Houston against Westley H. Clark, for sundry articles of household furniture and wearing apparel, the conversion being alleged on June 10,1869. It appeared that the defendant married the plaintiff’s daughter, November 5,1868, and that she then owned the property in question, most of which was given to her by the plaintiff.
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This is an action of trover, by Charles Houston against Westley H. Clark, for sundry articles of household furniture and wearing apparel, the conversion being alleged on June 10,1869. It appeared that the defendant married the plaintiff’s daughter, November 5,1868, and that she then owned the property in question, most of which was given to her by the plaintiff. That some time in that month it was carried ,to the defendant’s house, and there used by herself and husband until May 30, 1869, when she returned to her father’s house, and' soon after sold the property to the plaintiff, who, in a…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
At common law, the money and chattels, real as well as personal, of the wife, in possession, became the property of the husband absolutely upon the marriage. Com. Dig., Tit. Baron & Feme (E. 2, 3). And the same was true of chattels personal, not in possession at the time of the marriage, if they were reduced into possession during the coverture. Co. Lit. 351, b.
In the case of Hall v. Young, 37 N. H. 134, decided in 1858, the court say: “ A series of judicial decisions, sustained by the general course of legislation in this State, have materially modified the ancient rules of the common law…
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