Delia Wright, Respondent v. William H. Wright, Appellant

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment in favor of the wife, holding that a promissory note given as consideration for a promise to marry is valid consideration and enforceable under the statute of frauds, that no bond is required when the note is not negotiable, and that a married woman may sue her husband to enforce her separate property rights regardless of whether the action is characterized as law or equity.