Gibson v. Crawford

I cannot concur in the conclusion of the court. because I believe the result to be unjust, unreasonable, and unsupported by authority.

It is unjust because it deprives a faithful wife of the fruits of a fair contract after she had rendered full performance of the consideration. It sets the seal of judicial sanction upon a glaring fraud on the rights of a confiding spouse who trusted her husband and relied upon his solemn agreement.

It is unreasonable because it extends a statutory rule beyond its terms and applies it to a situation it was not enacted to reach or intended to govern. It defeats…