Baird v. Bruning
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 83 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM BOYD CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The separate estate of a married woman may be subjected to the payment of a promissory note executed by her, the execution of the note being sufficient evidence of her intention to charge her separate estate.
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Case 83 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM BOYD CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The separate estate of a married woman may be subjected to the payment of a promissory note executed by her, the execution of the note being sufficient evidence of her intention to charge her separate estate. (1 B. Mon., 293; 10 B. Mon., 322; Burch and Wife v. Breckinridge, &c., 16 B. Mon., 487; Bell & Terry, &c., v. Kellar, 13 B. Mon., 383.) 2. .If other circumstances than the mere execution of the note are necessary to evidence the wife’s intention to charge her separate estate, the fact that the materials were furnished at the…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARGIS
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 17th day of January, 1877, Mrs. Franziska Bruning, in conjunction with her husband, executed to the appellants the following note: ‘ ‘ For lumber and other building materials furnished at the special instance and request to the undersigned Franziska Bruning, used in the necessary repair of her house, situated in or near Catlettsburg, Kentucky, we, the said Franziska Bruning and F. Bruning, her husband, promise to pay to the order of Mockabee & Co., six months after date, the sum of one hundred twenty-two and thirty-one hundredth dollars,…
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