Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““It is, no doubt, as argued by appellant’s counsel, a natural presumption that a husband, placing his money in the hands of his' wife, to be invested in her name, intends it as a specific provision for her exclusive benefit, yet such a presumption would be unreasonable when a husband, a day laborer, deposits with his wife his daily, weekly, or monthly earnings as he receives them, with a view, as they accumulate, to a permanent investment, leaving such investment to her own judgment, retaining nothing in his own hands, and making no provision for his own future.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nurrie v. Fitzgerald