Camden v. Mullen

Citations

• 29 Cal. 564

Syllabus

<p>A Promissory Note and Mortgage op Sole Trader.—A married woman who became a sole trader under the Act of 1852, for the purpose of keeping a public house and farming, coulcl lawfully execute and deliver in her own name a valid promissory note for the purchase money of land conveyed to her for use in said business, and could also execute, in her own name, a valid mortgage on the same to secure the purchase money.</p> <p>Purchase op Property by Sole Trader.—The.question whether property purchased by a sole trader was bought for use in her business as sole trader, is one of fact.</p> <p>Denial in Answer.—An averment in a complaint that the defendant, since November, 1858, “has continued to possess and occupy said land and premises, and use the same in her said sole trader business,” is not denied by a denial in the answer that defendant “has continued, since the 9th day of November, 1858, to occupy or use the said premises in her business as such sole trader:”</p>