Martin v. Robson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall county; the Hon. Samuel L. Richmond, Judge, presiding. This was an action on
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thornton
Since'the passage of the acts of 1861 and 1869, (Session Laws of 1861, 143, and of 1869, 255,) is the husband liable for the torts of the wife during coverture, committed when he was not present, and in which he in no manner participated ?
Those statutes give to the wife, during coverture, the sole control of her separate estate and property acquired in good faith from any person other than her husband, and her own earnings for labor performed for any person other than her husband or minor children, with the right to use and possess the property and earnings, free from the control or…
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