Elworthy v Wickstead
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1819 |
| Date | 01 January 1819 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 37 E.R. 301
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
elwortity v. wickstead. Bolls. Nov. 5, 1819. Payment of a sum of money under £200 to the husband, in right of the wife, ordered, notwithstanding a suggestion that the petition had not her concurrence. Thia was a petition by husband and wife, for payment to the husband of a sum of about £160, the property of the wife. The sum being under £200, the wife did not appear to give her consent. (Bourdillon v. Ad air, 3 Bro. C. C. 237 ; and see 5 Ves. 742 ; 8 Ves. 201, 512, 524.) Mr. Swanston, for the trustees, stated their belief that she was unwilling to have the whole paid to the husband, and had not concurred in the petition ; and submitted, that the order should direct payment to the joint receipt of the husband and wife. The Master of the Rolls...
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