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WHITE v. PRATT

19052.

211 Ga. 891 (1955)

89 S.E.2d 502

WHITE v. PRATT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Walther, Wright, Rogers, Magruder & Hoyt, for plaintiff in error.

Mitchell & Mitchell, contra.

CANDLER, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Under Code § 53-503, there are three things which a married woman having a separate estate cannot lawfully do. She cannot bind her separate estate by any contract of suretyship, nor can she assume the debts of her husband, nor can she pledge or sell her separate estate to a creditor of her husband to extinguish his debts. If she does any of these things, the transaction...

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