Hall v. Dotson

Bonner, Associate Justice.

The material question in this case is this: Could Mrs. Dotson, joined by her husband, without consideration accruing to her own benefit, secure the debt of Smith, a third party, by deed of trust upon her separate property, duly made and acknowledged *522in the form prescribed, by statute for the conveyance of such property?

Our constitution and statutes permit married women to take and hold property, both real and personal, in their separate right, but give to the husband the sole management of such property.

So far as the record shows, the separate property of the wife…