Deguire v. St. Joseph Lead Co.

This is an action of ejectment. The plaintiffs are husband and wife. Their title, as alleged, is by deed to the wife from her father, on March 7, 1848, she being then unmarried. F'or one defense the answer pleads the 24 years of limitation. Asa reply to that defense plaintiffs allege that they wore married in October, 1848, and that ever since that date, and at the date when her right of action accrued, she has been, and is now, a married woman, the wife of the other plaintiff, and under the disability of coverture. This part of the reply defendant moves to strike out, and that motion…