Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1812

Tucker v. Scott

Tucker v. Scott
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided May 15, 1812
3 N.J.L. 955

Tucker v. Scott

Opinion of the Court

By the Court

— This, as it appears from the return of the justice, is a hard case; but the judgment cannot be sustained. A married woman cannot bring an action in her own name.

Judgment Reversed.*

Quere: — Why cannot Mrs. Scott get some friend to take outletters of administration to her late husband, and sue for these goods, as administrator to Haviland?

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