McMurtry v. Webster

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by appellees, to the April term, 1868, of the Superior Court of Chicago, against appellants. From the declaration filed in the case, it appears that the suit was for a debt owing by the wife, contracted before the marriage of appellants, which took place after the passage of the act of 1861, for the protection of married women in their separate property. Appellants demurred to the declaration, but the demurrer was overruled, and they abiding thereby, and refusing to plead over, the court rendered judgment for appellees. The decision of the court below,…