VanDorn v. Leeper

Citations

• 95 Ill. 35

Syllabus

<p>Married women—lands of, not subject to husbands debts. Where a husband bought land for his wife and paid for the same with money inherited by her as her separate estate, taking the deed in his own name under an assurance to the wife to convey to a third person and take a reconveyance to her, which was done before the lien of any judgment attached, it was held, that the land was the separate property of the wife and not subject to sale on execution against the husband, and such a sale was set aside as a cloud on her title.</p>