Case ID: njl_47/html/0339-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "The Chancellor.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CATHARINE SULLIVAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM BARRY ET AL., DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.
    A married woman can, without the eo-operatiou of her husband, create a term of more than three years in her lands.
    Error to the Supreme Court.
    For the plaintiff in error, G. Collins.
    
    For the defendants in error, J. Flemming.
    
   The opinion of the court Avas delivered by

The Chancellor.

The only question presented is whether a married Avoman can, without the co-operation of her husband, create a term of more than three years in her lands. This question was considered by the Supreme Court in its advisory opinion in a suit between the same parties under the- act concerning landlords and tenants, and it was there held that such power exists. Sullivan v. Barry, 17 Vroom 1. I concur in the views there expressed upon the subject, and therefore am of opinion that the judgment in this case should be affirmed.

For affirmance — The Chancellor, Chief Justice, Depue, Dixon, Magie, Parker, Reed, Scudder, Yan Syokel, Brown, Clement, Cole. 12.

For reversal — Rone.