Married Women's Exemptions
j (By Telegraph,—Press Association.) Punkdix, Friday, An important decision has been given / by Mr Justice Williams oil the question —Can a married woman be arrested for debt? Aftor dealing with a number of mitlioritios showing that judgment ) against a married woman was not judgment against her personally, but against her property, she not being bound to pay the debt personally, His Honor said his decision was that no ' action would lie in any court on a judgment against a married woman, under subsection 2 of section 3 of the Married i Women's Property Act. In t Court such judgment was obtained, the issue of a writ of arrest under such circumstances was au excess of jurisdiction. The plaintiff was therefore entitled to a prohibition, to the return of the money deposited and the costs of
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4850, 13 October 1894, Page 3
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138Married Women's Exemptions Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4850, 13 October 1894, Page 3
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