Sewall v. Haymaker

Citations

• 127 U.S. 719
• 8 S. Ct. 1348
• 32 L. Ed. 299
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2035

Syllabus

<p>Under the statutes of Virginia, which were in force in September, 1837, and equally under the statutes of Ohio, which were in force at that time, a deed by husband and wife conveying land of the wife, was inoperative to pass her title, unless the husband, she having duly acknowledged the deed, signified his assent to the conveyance in her lifetime by an acknowledgment in the form prescribed by law.</p>