Supreme Court of Alabama December 15, 1878 (Helmetag v. Frank)

BRICKELL, C. J.

1. We regard it as the settled law of this State, that a gift by the husband to the wife of property real or personal, creates in the wife an equitable separate estate. Property thus acquired by the wife, is not within the influence and operation of the statutory or constitutional provisions which create separate estates. — McMillan v. Peacock, 57 Ala. 127, and authorities cited.