Austin v. Dickson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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1. ““The evidence showed that the shares of stock belonged to the separate estate of Mrs. Dickson, but had been pledged by her husband as security for the payment of his notes with her consent. Her name had been signed by him to a blank transfer on the back of the certificates with her consent; but the husband’s name was not signed to those certificates nor to any other form of transfer. * * * Upon those facts the court concluded as a matter of law that the pledge of the stock as collateral security was void because the transfer was not evidenced by the joint signature of Dickson and his wife as required by law* * *."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Langdeau v. Erwin

2. ““(c) If the wife shall not elect to have sole management, control, and disposition of her separate property, the join-der of the husband shall be necessary to the encumbrance or conveyance by the wife of her lands, and the joint signature of the husband and wife shall be necessary to a transfer of stocks and bonds belonging to her or of which she may be given control by this law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Langdeau v. Erwin