Morrison v. Morrison's Assignee
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 66 — Action by J. A. Morrison’s Assignee against P. A. Miller and Others for a Settlement of ti-ie Assigned Estate. APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment Denying the Claim of Mary G-. Morrison to Land and ■She ArPEALs. SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF AUTHORITIES. 1. The chief question stated. A married woman could not, under the general statutes, convey 'her separate estate to her ■ husband. 2 An historical view of separate estate.
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Case 66 — Action by J. A. Morrison’s Assignee against P. A. Miller and Others for a Settlement of ti-ie Assigned Estate. APPEAL FROM DAVIESS CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment Denying the Claim of Mary G-. Morrison to Land and ■She ArPEALs. SYNOPSIS AND LIST OF AUTHORITIES. 1. The chief question stated. A married woman could not, under the general statutes, convey 'her separate estate to her ■ husband. 2 An historical view of separate estate. Revised Statutes, vol. 2, page 28, chap. 47, art. 4, sec. 17; General' Statutes, chap. 52, art. 4, sec. 17. 3. Separate estate under the general statutes. (1)…
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JUDGE BURNAM
Reversing.
Iii March, 1874, the appellant, Mary G. Morrison, purchased from M. M. Mays a tract containing about 80 acres of land, near Owensboro, in consideration of $8,400, of which $4,000 was paid in cash, and for the balance two notes were executed for $1,200 each by Mary G. Morrison and her husband, payable in one and two years, respectively, from date. Tin* .land was conveyed to Mary G. Morrison as separate estate. The notes were not paid*at maturity, and in 1.877 aggregated $3,000. In order to pay them, the appellant and her husband borrowed $3,000…
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