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BLAKE v. HALL.

Feme covert — Contract.

A married woman cannot bind herself by contract, under Gen. Stats., ch. 164, sec. 13, unless such contract is in respect to property held by her in her own right.

FROM HILLSBOROUGH CIRCUIT COURT.

SMITH, J.

There is nothing in this case that shows that the defendant, contracted in respect to any property held by her to her sole and separate use, or even that she held any such property upon which such a contract could operate. Whipple v. Giles, 55 N.H. 139.

CUSHING, C. J., and LADD, J., concurred.

Exceptions sustained.

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BLAKE v. HALL
(Aug 11, 1876)