Howard v. Stephens

Citations

• 52 Miss. 239

Syllabus

<p>Mabbied Women : Separate estate. Responsibility as partners. Case in judgment.</p> <p>Mrs. H. and one W. purchased a hotel. Mrs. H. furnished all the money, but the deed -was made to her and W. jointly. Mrs. H.’s husband, without her consent, executed a deed to the property to S., in exchange for a half interest in a mercantile firm, in which deed W. joined. The firm failed and made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. A bill was filed by Mrs. H. to cancel the deed made by her husband to S. Held, that the deed made by the husband of Mrs. H. to S. did not divest the title of Mrs. H.; that a married woman holding separate property, under the statute of 1857, has not the capacity to enter into a copartnership contract, nor to become liable for firm debts.</p>