Monroe State Savings Bank v. Orloff

I am unable to concur in the views of Mr. Justice Sharpe, in this case that defendant is liable on her note. By the common law a married woman has no power to contract. By statute she is permitted to do so with reference to her separate estate. 3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 11485. In the construction whieh the court has given this statute for three-quarters of a century, it has jealously guarded the estates of married women. Repeated attempts have been made to sail around the statute and the holdings of this court, but they have usually been in vain, as the court has insisted upon looking at the…