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[1777] 5 Brn 474
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. reported by Alexander Tait, Clerk Of Session, One Of The Reporters For The Faculty.
Subject_2 HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Margaret Gray
v.
Elizabeth Hastie
1777 .August Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
The case of a wife keeping a tavern, or carrying on any separate branch of business, with her husband's approbation, even suppose he has no connexion with it, is no exception from the general rule that a wife clothed with a husband cannot grant any binding personal obligation. The deeds of the wife in that situation are binding upon the husband, and not upon herself. See Dict. voce Husband and Wife ; and so Lord Monboddo found in a cause, Gray against Hastie, 16th June 1777. To which the Lords adhered, August 1777.
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