Show A WIFE HAS SEPARATE RIGHTS common of marriage no longer accepted st bouts louts 20 circuit judge wood has ha s reversed the ruling of the probate court in regard to the administration of the of mrs mary D mcpherson holding that the common law that rave the husband absolute right over the person and estate of his wife has ceased to exist in his decision judge wood said the common law theory of marriage has lone since ceased to exist everywhere and especially in this state the law has jong recognized the wife as having a separate existence and separate rights and separate interests mrs mcpherson was at the time 0 her death in 1895 and bad been for many years a resident of st louis bho left no call dren at the time of her death she was preparing to remove to rochester N Y the home of her husband win J mcpherson McP berson she made no will and under the laws of missouri her estate should go to her brothers horace B locke and wm C locke of worcester mass mcpherson contended that the estate should be settled according to the laws of new york on the theory that marriage made his domicile hers this would make him sole heir he took out letters of administration in new york judge of the probate court held that the domicile of sirs mcpherson was the eaic as that of her husband and upheld the new york administration the matter was appealed to the circuit court audgo wood orders the assets of the estate to be turned over to mrs mcphersons sons brothers the case will be appealed to the supreme court I 1 |