Smith v. Williams
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in Equity, for an appropriation of certain real estate belonging to the respondent wife to the payment of certain notes executed by her; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The following facts were found by the court: The respondents are, and were at the time of the giving of the notes in question, husband and wife.
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Bill in Equity, for an appropriation of certain real estate belonging to the respondent wife to the payment of certain notes executed by her; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The following facts were found by the court: The respondents are, and were at the time of the giving of the notes in question, husband and wife. On the 10th of December, 1873, William C. Williams, the husband, was indebted to the petitioners for merchandise sold to the amount of more than $10,000, and was insolvent. Geraldine Y. 0. Williams, the wife, at that time owned in her own right, but not to her…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The petitioners had a large claim against W. C. "Williams, one of the respondents. For the purpose of *416securing a part of tlieir demand, Williams being then insolvent, they took four notes, each for the sum of twelve hundred dollars, payable at different times, and signed by Williams and his wife. Each note contained the following clause: “ each intending hereby to charge our individual property and estate for the payment of this note.”
Mrs. Williams owned the real estate described in the petition, but not to her sole and separate use, and this petition is brought for the purpose of collecting…
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- Hitchcock v. KielySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
- Langenbach v. SchellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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