Tennessee Supreme Court September 15, 1860 (Harris v. Union Bank of Tennessee)

McKinney, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an agreed case. The facts are as follows: The plaintiff is a married woman, wife of Will. E. Harris. In the year 1855, perhaps, one Garmany made a gift to Mrs. Harris, of the sum of $800.00, in money, for the express purpose of purchasing a nurse for a child of Mrs. Harris, who bore his surname.