Lea v. Clarksdale Bank & Trust Co.

Citations

• 72 Miss. 317

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wife. Use of wife's means. Liability for debts. Code 1892, l 2393.</p> <p>Section 3293, code 1S93, provides that it shall not he lawful for the hushand to rent the wife’s plantation or other property, or with any of her means to carry on business for himself, but that all business done by him with the means of the wife shall be deemed to be on her account by him as her agent, as to all persons dealing with him “without notice,” unless a written contract showing- the contrary be executed and recorded. Where one rents his wife’s plantation, and uses her means to carry on the plantation, and contracts debts with persons having notice that he is conducting the business on his own account, they cannot hold the wife liable, though there is no recorded contract. Porter v. Staten, 04 Miss., 431, cited.</p>