Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1852

Commonwealth v. Davis

Commonwealth v. Davis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided March 15, 1852
63 Mass. 283

Commonwealth v. Davis

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

We see nothing in the circumstances mentioned in the bill of exceptions to take this case out of the common rule, that money held by a married woman, for the support of herself and children, is, in contemplation of law, the property of the husband, and must so be averred, when, in pleading, an averment of property is necessary. Commonwealth v. Manley, 12 Pick. 173.

Exceptions sustained.

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