Legal Opinion
In re Rooney
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided June 3, 1901PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Bankruptcy. On review of decision of referee.
1Opinion of the Court
WHEELER, District Judge.
The question here is between the wife of the bankrupt and the trustee in bankruptcy of the husband as to the products of the wife’s land, conveyed to her by deed without limitation as to the use, occupied by them, and carried on by him. In this state the husband has the use of the wife’s land, and is tenant by the curtesy as at common law (V. S. § 2542), but “neither a wife’s separate property, nor the rents, issues, and products of the same, shall he subject to the disposal of her husband or liable for his debts.” Section 2647. What personal property of the wife is…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1898
- Shaw v. PartridgeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845
- Bruce v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Hackett v. MoxleySupreme Court of Vermont · 1895
- In re Nelson's willSupreme Court of Vermont · 1897
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ainger v. White's Admrx.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1912
- In re MarshDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1901