Sargeant v. French
Supreme Court of Vermont
Heard on bill, answer, master’s report and exception thereto, at the December Term, 1881. Taft, Chancellor, ordered and decreed that the defendant, Elizabeth C. French, pay to the oratrix the sum found due by the master; viz., 1313.21, with interest, out of her separate estate, and that the property which was sequestered by order of the court be charged with the payment of this order.
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Heard on bill, answer, master’s report and exception thereto, at the December Term, 1881. Taft, Chancellor, ordered and decreed that the defendant, Elizabeth C. French, pay to the oratrix the sum found due by the master; viz., 1313.21, with interest, out of her separate estate, and that the property which was sequestered by order of the court be charged with the payment of this order. The master found and reported as follows: The defendants, on the 2d day of July, 1877, and for some years prior, and ever since, have been husband and wife. The said Elizabeth on said day was, and for some years…
1Opinion of the Court
*391The opinion of the court was delivered by
YeazetJ.
I. The essential principle of law controlling this case has so recently been discussed and announced by this court that it is only necessary to refer to one or two later cases to find all that is needful to be said upon a question about which there has been considerable conflict in the courts of England and of the different States of this country.
In Dale v. Robinson et al., 51 Vt. 20, the court held that the debts of a married woman contracted in the management of her separate estate, and for its benefit, or for her benefit on the credit of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dale v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1878
- McVey v. . CantrellNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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