Walling v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson county. Statement. A bill in chancery was filed by appellees against ap-' pellants, and the following in substance was alleged: That, R. A. Walling was during the year 1892, and still is, a married woman, the wife of W. A. Walling; that during said year and until the 10th day of January, 1893, she was engaged in a mercantile business in Cottondale, Jackson county, Florida, and which business was under the care and management of her…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson county. Statement. A bill in chancery was filed by appellees against ap-' pellants, and the following in substance was alleged: That, R. A. Walling was during the year 1892, and still is, a married woman, the wife of W. A. Walling; that during said year and until the 10th day of January, 1893, she was engaged in a mercantile business in Cottondale, Jackson county, Florida, and which business was under the care and management of her husband; that said R. A. Walling was seized and possessed, as her own separate statutory estate, of a stock of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.:
The assignments of error question the correctness of the order granting a temporary injunction and overruling the piea. The theory of the defense interposed by the plea, which had been filed when the order was made, is that Mrs. R. A. Walling had acquired by the Alabama decree mentioned therein the status of a free dealer, subject to be sued at law by complete and adequate remedies, and that this status accompanied her as a personal qualification to this jurisdiction. Some question was raised, it seems, as to the sufficiency of the certification, or the transcript of the record in…
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