Vanhille v. Her Husband

The only question which this case presents is, whether a married woman who sues her husband for a separation of property, can sue out an injunction to arrest the sale of property seized by the husband’s creditors, upon which she claims to have a legal mortgage and privilege as a security for her dotal rights ?

In this action, the plaintiff obtained an injunction which had the effect of preventing the sale of real property, seized by the husband’s creditors. Those creditors were made parties defendant, and on their motion to dissolve the injunction, on the ground that it had been wrongfully and…