Fields v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““Since that date [1852] in this State all married women have possessed the same rights regarding the sale of their property whether under twenty-one years of age or over. In the revision of 1857, these statutes were condensed, but the meaning was preserved in these words: ‘A married woman, of any age, may own in her own right, real and personal estate acquired by descent, gift or purchase’ &c., R.S., 1857, Chap. 61, Sec. 1. And the same language unmodified and unamended has been retained in the subsequent revisions. R.S., 1871, Chap. 61, Sec. 1; R.S. 1883, Chap. 61, Sec. 1; R.S., 1903, Chap. 63, Sec. 1. A study therefore of the original Act from which the present statute is derived leads to the inevitable conclusion that the sale of real estate by a married infant is not voidable on the ground of infancy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Uhl v. Oakdale Auto Co.

2. ““Any married woman may become seized or possessed of any property, real or personal, by direct bequest, demise, gift, purchase or distribution, in her own name, and as of her own property; provided, it shall be made to appear by such married woman, in any issue touching the validity of her title, that the same does not in any way come from the husband after coverture.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mellott Ex Rel. Mellott v. Sullivan Ford Sales