Schneider v. Garland
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
The Case is stated in the opinion. There was no error in the charge of the coart, while the* general engagements of a feme covert are void; yet she may; under the statute, contract as if she was sole in a matter having relation to her separate estate; that is, by- agreement; annexed to and connected with it, for its benefit, or directly upon its faith and credit. Stephen vs. -Beall, -22 Wall., 338; Harmon vs. Garland, Wash. L. B., Vol.
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The Case is stated in the opinion. There was no error in the charge of the coart, while the* general engagements of a feme covert are void; yet she may; under the statute, contract as if she was sole in a matter having relation to her separate estate; that is, by- agreement; annexed to and connected with it, for its benefit, or directly upon its faith and credit. Stephen vs. -Beall, -22 Wall., 338; Harmon vs. Garland, Wash. L. B., Vol. IX, No: 10;* Macvey vs. Cantrel, 70 N. Y., 295. ■■ ■ Her capacity to contract is under the statute, an implication of law, and not of equity; and therefore all…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Ha&ner
delivered the opinion of the court: •
This is an action at law, brought by the plaintiffs to recover a sum of money claimed to be due by the defendant, a *352married woman owning separate estate in Her own right in the District of Columbia, for groceries sold and delivered to Her under the following circumstance, as set forth in the bill of exception :
“At the trial of this cause the plaintiffs, to maintain the issue on their part joined, offered and gave evidence tending to show that in September, 1878, the defendant, a married woman, owning separate estate in her own right in…
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