Blumenberg v. Adams
California Supreme Court Jul 1, 1874 No. No. 3,871Published
Before: Wallace
Synopsis
When Wife may Contract.—If the wife was abandoned by her husband before she came to this State, and the husband has not been in the State, she is clothed with full power to make contracts here, as a femme sole.
By the Court, Wallace, C. J.: The defendant must be regarded as a femme sole when the lease was executed by her. She had resided in this State some two years before then, and previously to her coming to California had been abandoned by her husband who had never been within this State.
Judgment and order affirmed.
Neither Mr. Justice Rhodes nor Mr. Justice Niles expressed an opinion.
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