Belcher v. Craine

1. Where on the trial of an action brought by a married woman against an executor,.for the recovery of the value of her services rendered to his testator, the judge instructed the jury to the effect that a husband generally is entitled to the earnings of his wife, hut he may by an express or an implied agreement waive his right to them and consent that they may be paid to and obtained by her as her separate estate, and where the judge subsequently in his charge correctly made a concrete application of the law as above stated to the controlling issue in the case, it was not cause for a new…