H. Apple & Co. v. Ganong

Citations

• 47 Miss. 189

Syllabus

<p>1. Judgment op chancellor upon the evidence. —The judgment of a chancellor upon controverted facts is, according to the tenor of decided cases, analogous to the verdict of a jury, and like such verdict, will not be disturbed unless opposed to the preponderance of evidence.</p> <p>2. Married women’s rights op separate property. — Under the married woman’s acts of 1839, 1846 and 1867, in force prior to the code of 1871, the husband owned the proceeds of the wife’s labor; and real estate purchased in part with her earnings is subject to be taken to that extent in settlement of his debts.</p>