Superior Court of New Hampshire January 15, 1845 (Ham v. Boody)

Gilchrist, J.

It is unnecessary to settle, in this case, whether, where personal chattels become the property of a woman during coverture, and the husband, upon the ground that they have been given to her, refuses to exercise any control over them, and expressly authorizes her to dispose of them as she sees fit, she may, as a general rule, dispose of them as a feme sole, and make valid contracts