Mason v. Dunbar
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Monroe. Assumpsit by Mrs. Christina Mason against Dunbar as executor of the estate of her father-in-law for the amount of a claim against his estate “for care, nursing, attendance, and washing for said deceased, from August 14th, 1876, to June 13th, 1878, — 650 days at $2 per day, $1,300.” The claim was allowed by commissioners on the estate, and on appeal to the circuit court the judge directed a verdict for the estate. The claimant brings error.
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Error to Monroe. Assumpsit by Mrs. Christina Mason against Dunbar as executor of the estate of her father-in-law for the amount of a claim against his estate “for care, nursing, attendance, and washing for said deceased, from August 14th, 1876, to June 13th, 1878, — 650 days at $2 per day, $1,300.” The claim was allowed by commissioners on the estate, and on appeal to the circuit court the judge directed a verdict for the estate. The claimant brings error. A husband might give his wife her earnings, at common law, Connors v. Connors 4 Wis. 131; 2 Kent’s Com. 163; and if the services were not…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
It was decided in Tillman v. Shackleton 15 Mich. 447, approved in West v. Laraway 28 Mich. 464, that a married woman with the consent of her husband might carry on business on her own account, and be protected in the results thereof against him and against his creditors to the same extent as if she were unmarried. This is the logical result of the statute, which empowers a married woman to hold, sell, mortgage, convey, devise and bequeath as any other person may, any property to which she may become entitled “by gift, grant, inheritance, devise or in any other manner.”
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- West v. LarawayMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Tillman v. ShackletonMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
- Jacox v. JacoxMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Meriwether v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
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