Knox v. Brady

Citations

• 74 Ill. 476

Syllabus

<p>1. Mistake — reforming deed of married woman. The deed or other contract of a married woman respecting her separate property since the passage of the act of 1869, in relation to conveyances, may be reformed for mistake, the same as if she were sole, and its execution may be proved, and her contracts respecting her separate property specifically enforced in equity; but as to the lands of her husband her contracts are void, and a mistake in a conveyance of the same cannot be reformed as against her.</p> <p>2. Married women — deed of, for husband’s land. A married woipan can only relinquish her rights of homestead and dower in her husband’s lands by joining with him in the execution of a deed or mortgage. All other contracts in relation thereto are void for want of capacity.</p>