Aultman & Taylor Co. v. Gibert

Citations

• 28 S.C. 303
• 5 S.E. 806
• 1888 S.C. LEXIS 53

Syllabus

<p>1. A finding of fact by the master, concurred in by the Circuit Judge, approved.</p> <p>2. A married woman’s separate property is not bound by a mortgage executed by her in 1884 to secure the note of another person.</p> <p>3. A married woman had the power to purchase property in 1884 and to give her note therefor, but where purchased for the use of her husband, she had not the power to mortgage other property, a part of her separate estate, to secure the payment of such note.</p> <p>4. Attorney’s fee to plaintiff may be allowed as a part of the judgment against defendant, when so provided in the contract sued on.</p>