Faucett v. Currier
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for breach of the following agreement signed and sealed by the defendant under date of June 9, 1870 : “ I hereby acknowledge that I have purchased by public auction house and lot 29 on Beethoven Street for the sum of six thousand dollars, and have paid into the hands of Hunting & Leavit, auctioneers, the sum of one dollar as a deposit, and in part payment of the purchase money, and I hereby agree to pay the remaining sum of in to the vendor, on or before the 18th…
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Contract for breach of the following agreement signed and sealed by the defendant under date of June 9, 1870 : “ I hereby acknowledge that I have purchased by public auction house and lot 29 on Beethoven Street for the sum of six thousand dollars, and have paid into the hands of Hunting & Leavit, auctioneers, the sum of one dollar as a deposit, and in part payment of the purchase money, and I hereby agree to pay the remaining sum of in to the vendor, on or before the 18th day of June, and in all respects on my part to fulfil the conditions of sale.” At the trial in the superior court, before…
1Opinion of the CourtGbay, J.
The written agreement signed by the defendant was absolute • and unconditional to purchase and pay for the plaintiffs’ land, and the oral evidence offered by her to control its effect was rightly rejected.
The remaining question is, whether under the statutes of this Commonwealth a married woman can bind herself by her separate agreement for the purchase of real estate.
By the Gen. Sts. e. 108, § 3, “ a married woman may bargain, sell and convey her separate real and personal property, enter into any contracts in reference to the same, carry on any cade or business, and perform any labor or…
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