DUDLEY v. STATON

No. 101.

126 S.E.2d 590 (1962)

257 N.C. 572

Rufus L. DUDLEY v. W. Lonnie STATON and wife, Bettie Ruth Staton.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blount & Taft by Fred T. Mattox, Greenville, for respondent appellants.

Lewis G. Cooper and Louis W. Gaylord, Jr., Greenville, for petitioner appellee.


PARKER, Justice.

The Constitution of North Carolina adopted 24 April 1868 contains the following words:

ARTICLE X, "§ 6. Property of married women secured to them.— The real and personal property of any female in this State acquired before marriage, and all property, real and personal, to which she may, after marriage, become in any manner entitled, shall be and remain the sole and separate estate and property of such female, and shall not be...

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