Hall v. . Walker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
CONTROVERSY, without action, heard before Goble, J., at Spring Term, 1896, of OraNge Superior Court. The agreed statement of facts was as follows : Martha J. Hall, Thomas J. Walker and James B. Warren, parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, agree upon the following facts, upon which the controversy depends, and'submit the same to the Hon. A. L. Goble, Judge riding the Fifth Judicial District, as follows, to-wit: On the lltli day of…
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CONTROVERSY, without action, heard before Goble, J., at Spring Term, 1896, of OraNge Superior Court. The agreed statement of facts was as follows : Martha J. Hall, Thomas J. Walker and James B. Warren, parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, agree upon the following facts, upon which the controversy depends, and'submit the same to the Hon. A. L. Goble, Judge riding the Fifth Judicial District, as follows, to-wit: On the lltli day of August, 1891, Martha J. Hall, in writing, leased her farm, containing 1554 acres, in Orange county, North Carolina,…
1Opinion of the Court
Faircloth, C. J.:
Gode, Section 1832 : “ Every woman 'whose husband shall abandon her, or shall maliciously turn her out of doors, shall be deemed a free trader, so far as to be competent to contract and be contracted with, and to bind her separate property * * and she shall have power to convey her personal estate and her real estate without assent of her husbatid.”
In this controversy without action, the sole question is whether the above section is constitutional. The plaintiff’s husband five years ago deserted and abandoned her, ■ and has been continuously out of the state and has not been…
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