Abrams v. Howard

Citations

• 23 Cal. 388

Syllabus

<p>The declaration of a married woman as sole trader, which states that the business she intends to carry on will be the business of buying and selling goods, wares, and merchandise, describes the business to he carried on with sufficient particularity.</p> <p>The affidavit of publication of the declaration of a sole trader, which states that the publication was made “ once a week for three weeks, viz.: from April 26th, to May 20th, 1861,” is sufficient to show that the publication was made for three successive weeks.</p> <p>A and B, married women, as sole traders, each had suits pending against O, a Sheriff, for seizing on execution their personal property. A’s suit was tried first, and it was stipulated that B’s suit should abide the event of A’s. On the trial of A’s suit, she offered as a witness, the husband of B : held, that the legal interest of the witness was averse to the party calling him, and that he was a competent witness.</p>