Case Name: EDWIN GROAT, Respondent, v. LUKE PHILLIPS, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-01
Citations: 10 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 412
Docket Number: 
Parties: EDWIN GROAT, Respondent, v. LUKE PHILLIPS, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 10
Pages: 412–412

Head Matter:
EDWIN GROAT, Respondent, v. LUKE PHILLIPS, Appellant.
Covenant by husband and wife—when wife not bound by.
This action was brought on a covenant of seizin contained in a deed executed by both husband and wife, the covenant being in favor of both. The action was brought against the husband alone, the complaint alleging that the wife-joined only to release her dower. The defendant demurred, on the ground that his wife should have been made a party to the action. ’ Held, that the demurrer was properly overruled. The covenant did not bind the wife, as the property was not her separate estate; any presumption that it was such, being rebutted by the allegatious of the complaint.
Appeal from an order overruling a demurrer.
JR. JB. JFish, for the appellant.
Z. 8. Westbrook, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by Learned, P. J.
Present — Learned, P. J., Boabdman and James, JJ.
Order affirmed with ten dollars costs, with leave to defendant to answer within twenty days, upon payment of costs of motion below and of this appeal.