Masten v. Herring
Superior Court of Delaware
Argument had at the October Term, 1906. Opinion handed down at April Term, 1907. Case stated filed, showing the following facts, viz: “(1) That Wilbert Hasten and Daniel R. B. Hasten are the duly qualified executors of the last will and testament of Hezekiah Hasten, deceased. “(2) That John W. Herring is the duly qualified administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexa of Sallie A. Hasten, deceased.
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Argument had at the October Term, 1906. Opinion handed down at April Term, 1907. Case stated filed, showing the following facts, viz: “(1) That Wilbert Hasten and Daniel R. B. Hasten are the duly qualified executors of the last will and testament of Hezekiah Hasten, deceased. “(2) That John W. Herring is the duly qualified administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexa of Sallie A. Hasten, deceased. “(3) That on or about the fourteenth (14th) day of February, A. D. 1887, the said Hezekiah Hasten and the said Sallie A. Hasten were lawfully married; and the said Hezekiah Hasten thereby became…
1Opinion of the Court
Boyce, J.:
This an action of debt. The facts fully appear in the case stated. Counsel for the plaintiff, in support of his claim of right to maintain the said action, relies upon that part of Sec. 9, Chap. 550, Vol. 14 (Revised Code, 600) Laws of Delaware,as amended, which provides: ‘ ‘And in any case, a married woman,at the age of twenty-one years, may give a bond, with or without a warrant of attorney, just as if she were a femme sole.”And he cited the case of Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co. vs. Stewart, 2 Mar. 275, in which the Court held that, under the terms of said act, a married woman…
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