Parent v. Callerand

Citations

• 64 Ill. 97

Syllabus

<p>Married women—power of, to execute lease on their sepa/i'ate real estate without consent of husband—construction of act of 1861. The true construction of the act of 1861 is, that, by implication at least, a married woman has power under the statute to make all such contracts in regard to her real estate as may be necessary to its full and complete eiijoylment. And under this power she may execute in her own name a lease for a term of years upon any lands which she may own, without her husband joining in the execution or consenting thereto, that will be as binding during coverture as though she were sole and unmarried.</p>