Kelly v. McCarthy

The Surrogate.

The intestate was a married woman, and during coverture had taken as a feme sole an assignment of certain leasehold premises, and executed a mortgage on the premises to secure the payment of one thousand dollars. After her decease, her husband died also, and his administrators contest the validity of the mortgage. The Act for the more effectual protection of the property of married women provides that the same may be received and held to their sole and separate use—be their sole and separate property—and be devised or conveyed in the same manner and with like effect as if they…