Subject_1 HUSBAND and WIFE. Subject_2 DIVISION VI.
A married woman's deeds in what cases effectual against her husband.
Subject_3 SECT. III.
Where the Wife carries on traffick under the Husband's eye.
A v. B
1610.
January18. Case No. No 229.
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A pursuit, being moved against a wife principally, and her husband, for his interest, for payment of three barrikens of claret wine, bought and received by her, the said wife, being a taverner and runner of wine, from the pursuer; it was alleged, That no process could be granted in this matter, because the said: block was made by the wife, being married, without consent of her husband, and so was not lawful.—It was answered, That, she was præposita tabernæ, and ran wine publicly, and therefore might lawfully buy wine in great.——— The Lords, understanding that she had diverted from her husband, and dwelt apart from him very slanderously and dishonestly, sustained the action against her principally, declaring that the decree should have no action against the husband in his person, lands, or g ods,
