Cruger v. Douglas
New York Court of Chancery
This case involved questions touching the validity and consequent effect of certain instruments on the properties of a married woman.
Read the full summary
This case involved questions touching the validity and consequent effect of certain instruments on the properties of a married woman. By the original bill, the complainant, Henry D. Cruger, showed that on the 29th day of June 1833, he was united in marriage in the city of New York with the defendant Harriet Douglas; and that, from that period to the present time, they had continued to live together as man and wife, except as thereinafter mentioned; and that, during such living together, they were inhabitants of this state. That at the time of their marriage, and for many years previous…
1Opinion of the Court
The Vice-Chancellor:—The bill in the original cause is filed by Mr. Cruger against his wife and her two brothers, who claimed to be trustees of her estate, for the purpose, in one aspect, of ridding the estate of the trust, in order that there may be no obstacle in the way of his asserting the common law rights of a husband to the property of his wife ; or, in case it shall turn out that there is a valid subsisting trust under which the property is held, then, that he may have the benefit of a deed of appointment executed by her under date of the 19th November, 1841, purporting to give him…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gott v. CookNew York Court of Chancery · 1839
- Clute v. BoolNew York Court of Chancery · 1840
- Mayor of New-York v. PentzCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1840
3Cited by5 opinions
- Turner v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Going v. OrnsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
- Adams v. AdamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Kassel v. BeckerThe Superior Court of New York City · 1863
- Knobloch v. ZschwetzkeThe Superior Court of New York City · 1886