California Supreme Court, 1883

Finnigan v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society

Finnigan v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society
California Supreme Court · Decided May 11, 1883
63 Cal. 390; 1883 Cal. LEXIS 471

Finnigan v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The respondents’ proposition in this case is, that money earned by a wife may be taken for the debt of her husband. The question is solved by a provision of the Code not referred to by counsel on either side. It is section 168 of the Civil Code, and reads: “ The earnings of the wife are not liable for the debts of the husband.”

That part of the judgment appealed from, together with the order denying the motion for a new trial, reversed, and cause remanded,

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