State-Wide, NC - Elizabeth Murry - Act to Secure Property, 1806

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An Act to secure to Elizabeth Murry all such property as she may hereafter
acquire, and also to secure her husband Samuel Murry, jun. against all
future demands of her the said Elizabeth

Whereas the said Samuel Murry, junior, and Elizabeth Murry, his wife,
from the most imperious necessity, in its nautre insurmountable and 
irremediable, have mutually agreed to live separate and apart from each
other forever: And whereas the said Samuel Murry, jun. has made a fair
and equitable division of his estate with the said Elizabeth, to her
entire satisfaction, which she now possesses and enjoys separate and
apart from her said husband; and whereas the said Samuel and Elizabeth
have mutually agreed to relinquish all claims upon each other of every
kind and nature whatsoever:

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That 
from and after the passing of this act, the said Elizabeth Murry shall
have, hold, possess and enjoy, all such property as she now possesses,
or that she may hereafter acquire, both real ahd personal, free from
and not subject to the control of, disposal of, direction of her said
husband, nor liable to any of his debts or contracts.

II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this 
act, the said Samuel Murry, jun. shall not, at any time hereafter, be
liable or subject to pay any of the debts of his said wife Elizabeth
Murry, whether the same be for necessaries or otherwise; nor shall he 
the said Samuel be liable or subject to any demand of the said Elizabeth
for alimony or other thing, either in law or equity; nor shall the said
Elizabeth hereafter claim or have dower of the lands of the said Samuel,
or be entitled to any distributive share of the said Samuel Murry's
estate.

[No county given]


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1806
Chapter CXIV
Page 52-53

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