New York Supreme Court April 2, 1860 (Goelet v. Gori)

Sutherland, J.

By the act of 1848, for the more effectual protection of the property of married women, as amended by the act of 1849, “any married female may take by inheritance, or by gift, grant, devise or bequest, from any person other than her husband, and hold to her sole and separate use, and convey and devise real and personal property, and any *317interest or estate therein, and the