Poffenberger v. Poffenberger
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This suit was brought under section 7 of Article 45 of the Code, which provides “that any married woman, who, by her skill, industry, or personal labor, shall earn any money, or other property, real, personal, or mixed, shall hold the same, and the fruits, increase, and profits thereof, to her sole and separate use.” The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. This suit was brought under section 7 of Article 45 of the Code, which provides “that any married woman, who, by her skill, industry, or personal labor, shall earn any money, or other property, real, personal, or mixed, shall hold the same, and the fruits, increase, and profits thereof, to her sole and separate use.” The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First, Second and Third Exceptions were not passed on by the Court. Fourth Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered two prayers, and the defendant five, all of which the…
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
This is a suit brought hy Elizabeth Poffenberger, by her husband as next friend, against Lawson Poffenberger, executor of Joseph Poffenberger, to recover compensation for services she claims to have rendered to defendant’s testator. The claim of the plaintiff consists of two principal items, namely, washing and nursing. Under the second instruction of the Court, the jury gave the plaintiff the full amount of her claim for washing, less some credits for payments made on that account, as shown by the entries in a small booh kept by the testator in his life-time. And we do not understand that…
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