Union & Mercantile Trust Co. v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Independence Chancery Court; Lyman F. Feeder, Chancellor; The law of tenancy- by the entirety applies to personal property and is not affected by the passage of the married women’s enabling statutes. 13 R. C. L. 1106-8 and oases cited; 188 Pa, St. 33; Freeman on Co-Tenancy and Partition, 62 to 68; 173 Mo. 91; 61 L. R. A. 166; 173 Mo. 91; 61 L. R. A. 166; 73 S. W. 202; Schouler on Per. Prop.
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Appeal from Independence Chancery Court; Lyman F. Feeder, Chancellor; The law of tenancy- by the entirety applies to personal property and is not affected by the passage of the married women’s enabling statutes. 13 R. C. L. 1106-8 and oases cited; 188 Pa, St. 33; Freeman on Co-Tenancy and Partition, 62 to 68; 173 Mo. 91; 61 L. R. A. 166; 173 Mo. 91; 61 L. R. A. 166; 73 S. W. 202; Schouler on Per. Prop. (3 ed.) 191. . The courts of this State hold that the “married women’s acts” are not intended to destroy the common law unity of husband and wife but merely to enlarge the privilege's of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
V. Gr. Richardson and his wife, Willie A.,owned certain lands in entirety in Independence County, Arkansas. On the first of May, 1918, they mortgaged these lands to secure a loan of $15,000. Richardson, without the knowledge or consent of his wife, deposited this sum in the First National Bank of Batesville, Arkansas, in his own name, when it should have been deposited in their joint names. Richardson died on the 13th of May, 1918. At that time there remained on deposit in the bank $8,062.23 of the $15,000. On the 28th day of May, 1918, Roy Hudson was appointed administrator of the estate of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- In Re the Final Accounting of Executors of AlbrechtNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Bramberry's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Frost v. FrostSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Johnston v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Draper v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
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- Black v. BlackSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940
- Warren v. WarrenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
- Ramsey v. RamseySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
- Gordon v. ClarkSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
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