Deming v. Williams
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition in equity. In 1811, Fanny Deming, a feme sole, then being the owner of thirty-six shares of the stock of the Hartford bank, married Richard Cowles.
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Petition in equity. In 1811, Fanny Deming, a feme sole, then being the owner of thirty-six shares of the stock of the Hartford bank, married Richard Cowles. The bank stock stood in her maiden name from the time of her marriage until the year 1837, when the said Richard, having obtained a temporary loan at the bank, to secure the payment of the same transferred the stock into his own name on the books of the bank, and pledged it to the bank as security for the payment of the loan. The loan being soon after paid, the said Richard in 1838 retransferred the stock to his wife, the said Fanny, by…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
The question to be decided is, whether the fifty shares of stock of the Hartford bank standing in the name of Fanny Cowles, were, at the time of her death, her estate, or a part of the estate of her deceased husband Richard Cowles. The claimants on the one side are legatees of said Fanny, and on the other of said Richard.
When Fanny Cowles married Richard Cowles in 1811, thirty-six of the shares stood in her name, by distribution from her father’s estate. In 1837, Mr. Cowles wishing to make use of those shares as a security for a loan at the bank, transferred them into his own name, and thence…
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