Hitchcock v. Kiely
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill to foreclose a builders’ lien ; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and heard before Hitchcoclc, J. Decree passed for petitioners, and motion in error by respondents. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
It is claimed that the judgment in this case is erroneous, and three alleged errors are assigned.
1. That the court erred in deciding that a married woman, owning property, not to her sole and separate use, carrying on no trade or business, not having promised in writing, and not having been abandoned by her husband, could make a contract binding in equity upon her or her property.
*612In Donovan’s Appeal from Probate {ante, page 551,) we decided this point, and held that the contract of a married woman, made under similar circumstances, and for the benefit of her estate, was valid in equity, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hinman v. ParkisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
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