 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 386 Seiten
...disabilities that either of them acquires by the marriage. For this reason, a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ; for the...compacts made between husband and wife when single are made void by the intermarriage. The husband, however, may grant to or contract with a third person... | |
 | David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 366 Seiten
...disabilities that either of them acquire by the marriage, f For this reason, a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ; for the...with himself ; and therefore it is also generally trae, that all compacts made between husband and wife when single are made void by the intermarriage.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Samuel Freeman Miller - 1875 - 756 Seiten
...acquire by the marriage. For this reason, a man cannot grant anything to his wife, nor enter into a covenant with her, for the grant would be to suppose...only to covenant with himself; and therefore it is generally true, that all compacts made between husband and wife, when single, are voided by the intermarriage."... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1875 - 674 Seiten
...rights of property, but of such as are merely personal. For this reason, a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her; for the...compacts made between husband and wife, when single, are avoided by the intermarriage." 1 Bl. Com. 442. " The legal effects of marriage are generally deducible... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1875 - 860 Seiten
...personal. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her:(m) for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence;...between husband and wife, when single, are voided by the intermarriage.(n)s A woman indeed may be attorney fo- hoi (•) Co. I. ¡it. 113. (•) Cro. C*r. 661.... | |
 | Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams - 1877 - 816 Seiten
...man caunot make a grant Wife of to his w'fe, nor enter into a covenant with her (for testator. such grant would be to suppose her separate existence, and to covenant with her would be to covenant with himself) ; yet he may bequeath anything to her by will ; since that caunot take effect... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1877 - 640 Seiten
...or enter into a covenant with her, for this would suppose her separate existence; and therefore also compacts made between husband and wife, when single, are voided by the marriage. A woman may be attorney or agent for her husband ; for that implies no separation from, but... | |
 | 1879 - 826 Seiten
...the marriage. . . . For this reason a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into convenant with her; for the grant would be to suppose her separate...wife when single are voided by the intermarriage*. " This broad statement, however, that the legal existence or being of the wife is merged, during marriage,... | |
 | 1881 - 982 Seiten
...disabilities that either of them acquire by the marriage. * * * For this reason a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her; for the...wife when single are voided by the intermarriage." This broad statement, however, that the legal existence or being of the wife is merged, during marriage,... | |
 | 1881 - 1014 Seiten
...disabilities that either of them acquire by the marriage. * * * For this reason a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her; for the...wife when single are voided by the intermarriage." This broad statement, however, that the legal existence or being of the wife is merged, during marriage,... | |
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For this reason, a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her: for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence; and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself... 
