Maclay v. Love
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Third Judicial District, Santa Clara County. In 1845 the Mexican Government granted to the defendant, Mary Love, (then Mary Bennett,) a tract of land lying in the present County of Santa Clara. The land was confirmed to her by the United States District Court, and she afterwards married defendant, Harry Love. In 1857 both defendants executed to H. S. Washburne their note for two hundred dollars for surveying said tract of land.
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Appeal from the District Court, Third Judicial District, Santa Clara County. In 1845 the Mexican Government granted to the defendant, Mary Love, (then Mary Bennett,) a tract of land lying in the present County of Santa Clara. The land was confirmed to her by the United States District Court, and she afterwards married defendant, Harry Love. In 1857 both defendants executed to H. S. Washburne their note for two hundred dollars for surveying said tract of land. In I860 plaintiff, sold defendant, Mary Love, goods of the value of twenty-seven dollars and forty cents, and about the same time the…
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court Sawyer, J.
Plaintiff seeks to charge the separate property of Mary Love, the wife of defendant, Hairy Love, with the payment of a note executed by both defendants, for services alleged to have been rendered for the benefit of the separate estate of the wife, and at her request, with an alleged intent on the part of the wife to make the same a charge upon her separate estate. Also, for goods sold and delivered during coverture to the wife for her own use, and at her request, with a like alleged intent.
Section six of the Act of April 17, 1850, “ defining the rights and duties of husband and wife,”…
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