Supreme Court of North Carolina January 5, 1881 (Hardy v. . Holly)

Ruffin, J.

The single question presented for consideration in this case is as to the validity of the mortgage given by Mr. and Mrs. Hard}' to the defendant, Holly, embracing a portion of the wife’s separate estate, and executed as it was, without the knowledge or consent of her trustee, and

outside

of the powers conferred upon her in the deed of marriage settlement.