Frary v. Booth
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill to foreclose the equity of redemption in certain mortgaged premises situated in Stratford, Vermont. The material facts as they appeared in the bill and answers and the testimony taken, are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court.
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Bill to foreclose the equity of redemption in certain mortgaged premises situated in Stratford, Vermont. The material facts as they appeared in the bill and answers and the testimony taken, are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court. The court of chancery, January Term, 1864, — Peck, Ch.,— dismissed the bill pro forma, — from which decree the orators appealed. maintained that a married woman may either sue or he sued. 1st, when her husband has voluntarily abjured the realm, or has been banished. Coke’s Littleton, 133 ; Countess of Portland v. Pnidges, 2 Ves. 104; Dubois v. Hale,…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
In this case the following are the facts material to the leading questions presented in the argument. Mrs. Booth was the adopted daughter of Mr. Norton, and, up to the time of her marriage, lived in his family in Strafford. Soon after her marriage she went with her husband to Canada, where he had relatives, and lived with him a short time, and then, (sometime prior to 1847,) returned to her home in Strafford with two children, issue of the marriage. Her husband has ever since remained in Canada. Till the death of -Mr. Norton, in 1853, she continued to live in his family, talcing a leading…
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