Parsons v. Henry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk, December 31, 1901, between partners for an accounting as to partnership affairs, and seeking that certain wool which was alleged to have been transferred in pledge by the defendant William S. Henry, Jr., to other defendants, be applied in payment of a sum alleged to be due the plaintiff from the defendant.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk, December 31, 1901, between partners for an accounting as to partnership affairs, and seeking that certain wool which was alleged to have been transferred in pledge by the defendant William S. Henry, Jr., to other defendants, be applied in payment of a sum alleged to be due the plaintiff from the defendant. Anna E. Henry filed a “petition for leave to join in said action as claimant,” alleging that she was the wife of the defendant William S. Henry, Jr., that the wool in question had been purchased by her when doing…
1Opinion of the CourtBralev, J.
By the common law, because of the union in person of husband and wife, personal property acquired by a married woman during coverture could be levied upon by the creditors of the husband in satisfaction of his debts. Morse v. Toppan, 3 Gray, 411. Gerry v. Gerry, 11 Gray, 381. Nolin v. Pearson, 191 Mass. 283, 284. But this was modified by Sts. 1855, c. 304, § 7, and 1857, c. 249, §§ 1, 2, which conferred upon her the right to carry on any trade or business on her sole account. The earnings or profits derived therefrom not only became her separate property, with the power of disposal free from…
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