Warfield v. Ravesies
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court at Mobile. Heard before the Hon. M. J. Sapfold. The bill in this case was filed, on the 30th April, 1858, by Hazael Warfield, against Paul Ravesies and Virginia, his wife; and sought to subject the statutory separate estate of Mrs. Ravesies to the payment of a promissory note, executed by her and her said husband, dated December 15, 1856, payable, four months after date, to Daniels, Elgin & Co. or order, and endorsed by them to the complainant.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court at Mobile. Heard before the Hon. M. J. Sapfold. The bill in this case was filed, on the 30th April, 1858, by Hazael Warfield, against Paul Ravesies and Virginia, his wife; and sought to subject the statutory separate estate of Mrs. Ravesies to the payment of a promissory note, executed by her and her said husband, dated December 15, 1856, payable, four months after date, to Daniels, Elgin & Co. or order, and endorsed by them to the complainant. The note was given partly for goods sold and delivered between the 8th June, 1853, and the 14th April, 1855, and partly…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
It is settled in this court, by a line of adjudication, too long to be now open to examination, that a married woman, having a separate estate secured to her by contract, can bind that separate estate for the payment of her promises and engagements, unless the instrument creating the estate contain some clause restrictive of her right of alienation, or of anticipation. The following decisions are to this effect: McCroan v. Pope, 17 Ala. 612 ; Bradford v. Greenway, ib. 797 ; Collins v. Rudolph, 19 Ala. 616; Collins v. Lavenberg, ib. 682; Crocker v. Clements, 23 Ala. 296 ; Ozley v. Ikelheimer,…
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