Cannon v. Grantham

Citations

• 45 Miss. 88

Syllabus

<p>1. Statute construed—art. 25, p. 336, code of 1857 —husband not LIABLE FOB HIS WIFE’S ANTE-NUPTIAL debt.—The effect of the latter clause of art. 25, p. 336, Rev. Code of 1857, is to repeal the common law, by which the husband was liable, during coverture, for the ante-nuptial debts of his wife. If she has separate property, it is liable for such debts, but whether she has or not, he is not liable. -</p> <p>2. In a suit against the wife on an ante-nuptial contbact hub husband should be joined.'—The husband is a proper party defendant in a suit against the wife to recover a debt contracted by her dmn sola., but judgment on recovery is not enforceable against him.</p>