Hamilton v. Rathbone
Citations
- 175 U.S. 414
- 20 S. Ct. 155
- 44 L. Ed. 219
- 1899 U.S. LEXIS 1575
Syllabus
<p>The right given to a married woman by section 728, Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia, “to devise and bequeath her property,” applies to all her property, and is not limited by the language of a prior act, from which this section was taken, to such as she had not acquired by gift and conveyance from her husband.</p> <p>In the construction of statutes, prior acts may be cited to solve, but not to . create an ambiguity.</p>
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- property is “everything one person can own and transfer to another”
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Judges: Brown
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