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Show Control of the Wedding Ring. A curious question wad involved in a casu tried at tiie Shellield county court, New York, namely, the control con-trol ot a. wife over her wedding ring. The circumstances were as follows: The wife, shortly heioie her death, gave btr wedding ring to her mother, at wliosj house she di-d. The Imb.'.Mi .:! -hiic.l the v. due of it as a' set-off against a claim br night against ,him for his wife's hn;ml jh.iJ Jodgin". The judge deckl,,! iu . wedding ring comes under a class of articles which the wife has peparalely and independently of her husband, and which she has power to keep, but not lo fcive away or leave from her husband. hus-band. On the cjnti ary, the husband h.ia power to give them away, even during her lift. In thin case the wiie had no power to give away her ring, and the judgment must ho accordingly. accord-ingly. This my be law, but it seems hard that the wishes of the deceased woman with regard to her ring should not be respected. Had the husband claimed tho wedding ring as a matter of sentiment, proceeding to recover it would bo intelligible, but to demand it as a "set-off" Miauist a claim fjr 1 board and lod ing is a sad desecration ' ot what was regard od in less pawn-broking pawn-broking uges as a symbol of confidence con-fidence and eternity. |
