Court Opinion

ID: 7155974
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 16:08:34.470635+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:15:14.437300
License: Public Domain

Opinion by
Judge Lewis :
This is an action to recover a personal judgment against a married woman upon an account for the tuition of her daughter. Upon the trial a verdict for the amount of the account sued on and interest was rendered by the jury, and thereupon the court gave judgment to be levied of her separate personal estate, for $241.46. A new trial having been' refused, she appeals to this court.
We know of no authority, and counsel for appellee have cited none, sanctioning the proceedings had in this case. The separate estate of a married woman cannot be subj ected to the payment of her debts by an action ordinary. If done at all it must be by a proceeding in equity, the chancellor only having the power to subject it.
It is unnecessary to notice the various errors assigned by appellant. The judgment of the court below must be reversed and the cause remanded with directions to set aside the judgment of the court and verdict of the jury, and for other proceedings consistent with this opinion.