Deseret Evening News | 1897-05-01 | Page 4 | Important Question Decided

loJristut 41utoill Unaided An hlllortnl matter Yes decided by Judge 1111 leg today In the else of the Havings and Ijoiu society vi Joists J Hayder nnd his wife et I ai wherein I Do question as to whether or nol u judgment judg-ment Cuts be entered against a wire where she become surely for her bus jand on a note and where uo parl of tbu t avails of the note toward the rellrrrnentol her estate The ccurt commenting on tile quei tlon sayit The Bupreme court lu the cue of Culmer va Wllsuu doll Id Ibatnec single 1328 and 152U and 817J and 3173 when read together must be take lo moan that the common law rue that a husband li I liable for Ibo auto I nuptial torts of big wife Is thereby aliroitaleJ 91 should uot have tlioujbt but tot Ibo authority of that case that these statutes have any application to n oleo Jib that but U Is I clear that If those slstutes are lo have anon an applies tlou aDd force In respect 01 torte cum Hilled by the wife either before or 41 Ior marriage for a nut 0 u stronger reason must they be held to abrogate tile CJmwoo law rule In rpcl or cuiiliaclt hiaJu by her during covertness whether relating lo her tepirate properly or to general matters lu 1 the ordlnar course of builnees