Hauptman v. . Catlin
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Common Pleas of the city and county of Hew York. The action was to enforce a mechanic’s lien, under the act of July, 1851 (ch. 513), for york done and materials furnished upon a building in the city of Hew York.
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Appeal from the Common Pleas of the city and county of Hew York. The action was to enforce a mechanic’s lien, under the act of July, 1851 (ch. 513), for york done and materials furnished upon a building in the city of Hew York. The trial was before a referee, who found these facts: The dwelling-house, when the labor was performed and materials furnished, and when the contract therefor was made, was the sole and separate property of the defendant, Catherine Gatlin, wife of John M. Catlin. The work was done and materials furnished pursuant to a. contract made previous to the act of July…
1Opinion of the CourtDenio, J.
I have come to the following conclusions upon this case:
I, The defendant’s property was not exempt from the operation of the statute by which liens arp authorized to be created in favor of mechanics and others, on account of her being a married woman. (Laws of 1851, ch. 513.) Even before the late statutes respecting married women, they were regarded as femes sole in respect to their separate property, and were, as -tp such property, hable on their contracts respecting the same, tp the same extent as though they were not under the disability of coverture. (Bell on Husband and Wife, 519; Jaques…
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