A HUSBAND’S RIGHTS.
OWNERSHIP OF FURNITURE.
INTERESTING POINT OF LAW.
By Telegraph.—Press Association Wellington, Last Night.
In a Supreme Court ease, before Mr. Justice Reed, the question of a husband’s rights was determined. His Honor found that Barber (the plaintiff) married in 1879, and that the furniture which the wife then possessed became, by virtue of the law then in force, the property of her husband. What small amount of that which remained was not claimed by Barber, and, furthermore, Mrs. Barber had no resources out of which she could purchase furniture. His Honor held that the evidence showed that Barber had, from time to time, purchased furniture, and he had claimed that he bought it out of his own moneys, and that lie had not made a gift of the furniture to his wife. Although the furniture was in the family home at the wife’s death, it still belonged to the husband.
Judgment was given accordingly in plaintiff’s favor, as against the executor, for possession of the furniture claimed, with costs and expenses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1921, Page 5
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174A HUSBAND’S RIGHTS. Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1921, Page 5
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