58 N.H. 419
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided August 5, 1878
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · decided 1878-08-05
Bill in Equity, to foreclose a mortgage made, June 1, 1875, by the defendants to the plaintiffs, to secure the payment of money loaned at the same timo by the plaintiffs to Mr. Morrison, as to whom the bill was taken pro confesso. Mrs. Morrison answered, claiming that part of the land was hers, and that, as to that part, her coverture was a defence.
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Decided 1878-08-05
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently March 1921
10 state decisions
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¶1 The statute in force when the mortgage was made was an enabling, not a disabling, act. It enlarged the common-law rights of a married woman, but did not abridge her power to charge her separate estate with the payment of her husband’s debts. The plaintiffs are entitled to judgment.
¶2 Case discharged.