Baker v. Hines
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 52 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM MUHLENBERG CIRCUIT COURT. 1. At the time Mrs. Baker created the debts she was a married'1 woman and had no power to bind herself, and therefore at the time of the conveyance to Covington the claims of appellees were not existing demands against her, and the homestead was* exempt as against them. 1. Mrs. Baker was a married woman when she purchased the' goods from appellees and was not empowered to trade as a. feme solo and no liability…
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Case 52 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM MUHLENBERG CIRCUIT COURT. 1. At the time Mrs. Baker created the debts she was a married'1 woman and had no power to bind herself, and therefore at the time of the conveyance to Covington the claims of appellees were not existing demands against her, and the homestead was* exempt as against them. 1. Mrs. Baker was a married woman when she purchased the' goods from appellees and was not empowered to trade as a. feme solo and no liability was created by the purchase; that being true appellees could have had no subsisting demand against her at the time of the…
1Opinion of the Court
■ JUDGE WHITE
DELIVERED THE OPINION OP THE COURT.
The appellant, Mrs. M. P. Baker, in the year 1892' was a married woman, and, though not a feme sole, was engaged in the mercantile business in Warren county, Ky., near Bowl: ing G-reen, and while thus engaged she purchased goods and merchandise of appellees, Hines & Co. and Kagon Brothers, to the amount of several hundred dollars, that was never paid. In March, 1.894, and after the death of the .husband of appellant, M. P. Baker, these appellees brought suits for the amounts due them respectively in the Warren circuit court against appellant, M.…
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