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Kittredge v. Kittredge

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided November 22, 1906PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appear in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the bill at the June Term, 1906, Orange County, Tyler, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained and bill dismissed, n The orators appealed. The opinion states, the material allegations of the bill. Courts of equity will specifically enforce a contract made by a husband with his wife and others, which involves the wife’s separate property.

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Appear in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the bill at the June Term, 1906, Orange County, Tyler, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained and bill dismissed, n The orators appealed. The opinion states, the material allegations of the bill. Courts of equity will specifically enforce a contract made by a husband with his wife and others, which involves the wife’s separate property. Curtis v. Simpson, 72 Vt. 232; Finney v. Fellows, 15 Vt. 525; Barron v. Barron, 24 Vt. 375; Frary v. Booth, 37 Vt. 87; Hubbard v. B'ugbee, 58 Vt. 172; Richardson v. Morrill’s Fst., 32 Vt. 27; Caldw\ell v. Renfrew, 33 Vt. 213;…

1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.

This bill as amended is a bill to compel specific performance. Ida F. Kittredge, by her next friend, and Rollin B. Prescott and Gertrude E. Prescott are complainants in tbe amended bill in this cause. The defendant answered the amended bill and incorporated a demurrer therein. The-court of chancery rendered a decree sustaining the demurrer to the amended bill and dismissing the same. The complainants appealed. Among the facts set out in the bill as amended are the following: Albert K. Kittredge and Ida F. Kittredge are husband and wife. They were married in 1895. Rollin B. Prescott and…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Barron v. BarronSupreme Court of Vermont · 1852
  2. Frary v. BoothSupreme Court of Vermont · 1864
  3. Hubbard v. HubbardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1904
  4. Mann v. Mann's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1880
  5. Smith v. PierceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1892

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Page v. CaveSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
  2. Gove v. Gove's Admr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1914
  3. Page v. CaveSupreme Court of Vermont · 1919
  4. Metcalf v. Metcalf's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1915

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