Gatti v. New Orleans Railway & Mill Supply Co.

Citations

• 77 Miss. 754

Syllabus

<p>1. Husband and Wife. Code 1892, g 1983. Homestead. Wife’s veto.</p> <p>The wife has a mere- veto power on the sale of the husband’s homestead and not a property right, subject to bargain and sale, under code 1892, § 1983, providing that the husband’s deed thereto shall not be valid without the joinder of the wife, if they be living together.</p> <p>2. Same. Nudum paotum.</p> <p>A promise by the husband to the wife, without other consideration than her joining him in the execution of a deed to his homestead, is nudum pactum, and not binding.</p>