Ann Hunt, Respondent v. Thomas A. Johnson, Frederick E. Barnard and Charles C. Clarke, Executors

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the General Term's judgment, holding that a deed conveying land from a husband to his wife, though void at law, may be enforced in equity as a gift supported by the marital relationship, except against creditors. The court also ruled that printed statutes of another state are only presumptive evidence at trial and that the appellate court cannot decide the validity of Iowa law on deed acknowledgment.