 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, James Russell - 1827 - Страниц: 658
...in question the soundness of the decision in Hornsby v. Lee. " Marriage," says Mr. Roper, " is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action, viz. upon condition that he reduce them into possession during its continuance; for if he happen to... | |
 | 1869 - Страниц: 1032
...personal estate, money in the funds, and other property recoverable by action or suit. Marriage is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action, viz., upon condition that he reduce th^m into possession during its continuance ; for if he happen... | |
 | John Fraser Macqueen - 1848 - Страниц: 322
...chattels is peculiar, yet the law defines it in the clearest manner. " Marriage," he says, "is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action upon condition that he reduce them into possession during its continuance. The wife's right is not... | |
 | John Fraser Macqueen - 1849 - Страниц: 512
...chattels is peculiar, yet the law defines it in the clearest manner. " Marriage," he says, "is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action upon condition that he reduce them into possession during its continuance. The wife's right is not... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1878 - Страниц: 760
...title just where it was at the death, first, of the wife, and second, of the husband. Mirriage is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action, that is, upon condition that he reduce them into possession during its continuance. If he die without... | |
 | William A. Shinn - 1873 - Страниц: 546
...husband's interest is peculiar, yet the law defines it in the clearest manner." Marriage, he says, is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action, upon condition that he reduces them into possession during its continuance. The wife's title is not... | |
 | Orlando Bump - 1877 - Страниц: 1050
...Bant, 59 NY 57 ; sc l NY SÙpr. 400. ) The Property of the Bankrupt's Mils- and Children. Marriage is a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action, upon condition that he reduces them to possession during its continuance. The assignment in bankruptcy... | |
 | Edmund Henry Turner Snell, Archibald Brown - 1878 - Страниц: 940
...power over the wife's choses in action, the common law (apart from statute) says, that marriage is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's choses in action, viz., a gift to him only upon condition that, or (c) Tver v. Turner, 20 Beav. 560 ; Bi-iggs v. Chamberlain,... | |
 | Charles Edmund Baker - 1882 - Страниц: 214
...to explain this subject, we may quote the definition of a judge, who tells us that marriage is only a qualified gift to the husband of the wife's "choses in action," upon condition that he reduce them into possession during its continuance : the wife's right is not... | |
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Plumer observes, that, although the nature' of the husband's interest in, and power over, his wife's outstanding personal chattels is peculiar, yet the law defines it in the clearest manner. " Marriage," he says, "is only a qualified gift to the husband... 
