Allen v. Hanks
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. In equity. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This suit involves the title to certain lands in Arkansas, which the appellee, a married woman; claims to constitute her separate estate, and, as such, not liable for the debts of her husband, James M. Hanks.
By the laws of Arkansas.in force when the appellee and her husband were married, (Rev. Stat. Ark. 1858; Gould’s Dig. 765, c. Ill,) it was provided that (§ 1) “any married woman may become seized and possessed of any property, real and personal, by direct bequest, devise, gift or distribution in her own right and name and as of her own property: Provided, The same does, not come from the…
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