Wilson v. Wilson

Decided February 18, 1888

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1888-02-18

<p>Husband and Wife. — Purchase of Promissory Note. — Endorsement.—A wife may buy a promissory note from ber husband, and his endorsement will convey it to her as an endorsee.</p> <p>Same. — Money Named by Wife in Separate Business. — Money earned by a wife, in a business carried on by her in her own right, belongs to her. Section 5130, K. S. 1881.</p>

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Decided 1888-02-18

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Elliott, J.

¶1The appellants executed their promissory note to Leroy Wilson, and he endorsed it to the appellee on the 13th day of March, 1884. At that time she was the wife of Leroy Wilson.

¶2A wife may buy a promissory note from her husband, and his endorsement will convey the note to her as an endorsee.

¶3The money with which the note was paid for, was earned by the appellee in a business carried on by her in her own right. It was her money, ánd not her husband's. R. S. 1881, sec. 5130.

¶4Judgment affirmed.