Perry v. Stancil

The framers of the Constitution of (1868 inserted therein the following provision:

' “The real and personal property of any female in this State, acquired before marriage, and all property, real and personal, to which she may, after marriage, become in any manner entitled,'shall' be and remain the sole and separate estate and property of such female, and shall not be liable for any debts, obligations or engagements of her husband, and may be devised and bequeathed, and, with the written assent of her husband, conveyed by her as if she were unmarried.” Constitution of 1868, Art. X, sec. 6.

The…