Case Name: Wood vs. Wilson Sewing Machine Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Ga. L. Rep. 168
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wood vs. Wilson Sewing Machine Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 168–168

Head Matter:
Wood vs. Wilson Sewing Machine Co.
Kjbotmunt, fkov Bujb. Husband and Wife. Debtor and Creditor. Res adjudicate. (Before Judge Simmons.)
John Rutherford, for plaintiff in error.
Lanier & Anderson; W. Dessau, for defendant

Opinion:
Hall, J.
This case has twice been before this court and on both occasions it was held that the earnings of a married woman, prior to 1866, who was not a free trader, and not living separately from her husband, did not constitute her independent personal estate, but belonged to her husband, whether such earnings were derived from keeping a boarding house, or from other labor performed by her; and if her husband .took such funds and invested them in land, and took a bond for titles thereto in his own name, his martial rights attached to the property and no trust could be implied in her favor against a creditor of the husband who became such while the husband owned the property, and who had no notice of the alleged trust prior to extending the credit ; and although the husband subsequently caused a deed to be made to the wife, tliis did not interfere with the creditor's rights. These rulings control the case, 60 Ga., 524; Gorman et al. vs. Wood. (September Term, 1884.)
Judgment affirmed.