Frierson v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Chancery Court of Coahoma County. Hon. W. G-. Phelps, Chancellor. 1. Mrs. Williams’s interest in the land and its use, her powers over both, and her contracts and liabilities with reference thereto are not controlled by the Mississippi statutes relating to married women and their property, but by the will and the rules of law and equity applicable to her rights and powers thereunder. 2 Story Eq.
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Error to the Chancery Court of Coahoma County. Hon. W. G-. Phelps, Chancellor. 1. Mrs. Williams’s interest in the land and its use, her powers over both, and her contracts and liabilities with reference thereto are not controlled by the Mississippi statutes relating to married women and their property, but by the will and the rules of law and equity applicable to her rights and powers thereunder. 2 Story Eq. Jur. § 1380. In support of this principle and its application to this case, the counsel urged these points: (1) Tlte will conveys to the wife a moiety for her life, to her “ sole and…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, C. J.
/The plaintiff in-error filed his bill in the Chancery Court of Coahoma County against John Williams and his wife for the purpose of collecting out of the separate estate of Mrs. Wil*459liams a note for six thousand and fifty dollars, made by Williams and wife, in February, 1873, payable to the order of Williams, the husband, and by him indorsed to the plaintiff in error for money then advanced by the latter to said Williams. The note was made at New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, where Williams and his wife reside. The property sought to be charged with the debt is land situated in Coahoma…
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