Oliver v. Grimball

Citations

• 14 S.C. 556
• 1881 S.C. LEXIS 24

Syllabus

<p>■1. In construing acts done by married women prior to 1868, affecting their separate property, the court may look to the constitution of that year to see what is now the policy of the state as to the control of married women over their separate property.</p> <p>•2. A marriage settlement executed in 1860, gave to the intended wife the right to demand and receive her estate from the trustee, and gave power to the trustee, upon the written request of the wife, to give, transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of the properly to any person whomsoever, for such price or consideration as should seem proper to the wife, and when sold for a money consideration, the qmoceeds to be re-invested, &c. In 1867, in accordance with the written request of the wife, the trustee, for the alleged consideration of $1, conveyed the property to the husband. Held, that the deed was a valid transfer under the terms of the settlement, and conveyed a good title. Oases considered.</p>