Radcliff v. Radford

On Petition for a Rehearing.

Bicknell, C. C.

The appellants insist that this is a case where the money belonging to the wife at the time of the marriage became, under the law then in force, her husband’s money, and that when he used the same in the purchase of land, and took the deed therefor in his own name, the land became his absolutely, and was not subject to any trust in favor of his wife.

It is claimed that this ease is governed by Waldron v. Sanders, 85 Ind. 270, and Westerfield v. Kimmer, 82 Ind. 365. In these cases it was decided that, prior to the legislation of 1852, the money of the…