Vansyckel v. Woolverton
This text of 27 A. 938 (Vansyckel v. Woolverton) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of New Jersey primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The declaration in this case set forth a cause of action on the common counts against a man and woman by the name of Woolverton. The female defendant pleaded her coverture, and to this plea the plaintiff demurred.
The demurrer must be sustained. Covérture is no defence to most of the causes of action that can be shown under the common counts. Most of the contracts made by a married woman can be legally enforced, and consequently there can be no inference that the particular contract in suit is beyond her competency. If such be the case she must show it by her plea.
The point is expressly ruled in Hinkson v. Williams, 12 Vroom 35.
The demurrer must be sustained.
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27 A. 938, 56 N.J.L. 8, 27 Vroom 8, 1893 N.J. Sup. Ct. LEXIS 42, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/vansyckel-v-woolverton-nj-1893.