New York Court of Appeals
Spencer Coleman, Appellant v. Isaac C. Burr, Respondents
June 5, 188393 N.Y. 17
Summary
The Court affirmed the lower court's reversal, holding that the contract between Isaac C. Burr and his wife for payment of domestic services provided no valid consideration against Burr's creditors, rendering the conveyance of land to her void. The statutes of 1860 do not alter the common‑law rule that a wife's household services belong to her husband, and the transaction was deemed fraudulent.