WENDLAND v. CITIZENS COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK

Docket No. 78-2365.

92 Mich. App. 250 (1979)

284 N.W.2d 776

WENDLAND v. CITIZENS COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cumings & Johnston, for plaintiff.

Winegarden, Booth, Ricker, Shedd & Haley, for defendant.

Before: DANHOF, C.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and H.R. CARROLL, JJ.


DANHOF, C.J.

This case presents a significant issue concerning the extent to which contractual disabilities of coverture stemming from our common-law legal heritage continue to restrict women under the married women's property act, MCL 557.1; MSA 26.161, and the cases interpreting that act.

Plaintiff is the widow of Frederick Wendland, who was proprietor and sole stockholder of a now defunct chain of stores in...

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