Aiken v. Davis
California Supreme Court
Aiken v. Davis, 17 Cal. 119 (Cal. 1860)
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Aiken v. Davis
Opinion of the Court
Field, C. J. concurring:
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.
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- AIKEN v. ANN DAVIS and Her Husband
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- Wuere husband and wife are sued for rent claimed on a lease made by plaintiff to the wife—plaintiff and the wife being tenants in common of the property: Held, that the wife can be liable only as sole trader under the statute; and that the complaint must aver facts requisite to establish her liability in that charac. ter; and that the allegation that she “ was doing business as a femme sole with the consent of her husband ” is insufficient.