in circumstances, contract, and sue, and be sued
at law, as a single woman, upon the ground that, the reason of
the law ceasing, the law itself must cease; and that, as the
usages of society alter, the law must adapt itself to the various
situations of mankind. Mr. Justice Buller, in speaking of this
decision years afterward, declared that "the points there decided
were founded in good sense, and adapted to the transactions, the
understanding, and the welfare of mankind."

Apply this reasoning in our State, now that the Legislature has
removed every claim that the husband had, under the common law,
upon the property of the wife, except his life estate in her
hands, which only commences with her death, and all difficulty is
removed, and the case is clear.

MYRA BRADWELL.

Applicant, with a view of placing herself in a position to obtain
the benefit of the provisions of the Constitution of the United
States, and the Civil Rights Bill, applicable to her case, on the
second day of January, 1870, filed the following affidavit and
points:

_In the Supreme Court of Illinois, Third Grand
Division--September Term, 1869. [In the matter of the application
of Myra Bradwell to obtain a license to practice as an
Attorney-at-law]--State of Illinois, County of Cook, ss.:_ Myra
Bradwell, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that she was born
in Manchester, in the State of Vermont, and that she was a
citizen of said State last named, that she is now a citizen of
the United States; that she is and has been for many years last
past a resident of Chicago, in said State of Illinois, and
further deponent says not.

MYRA BRADWELL.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of December, A.D.
1869.

E. B. PAYNE, Notary Public. [Seal.]

And now again comes the said Myra Bradwell, and files the
following additional points:

VII. Your petitioner claims under the XIV. Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, and the act commonly known as
the "Civil Rights Bill," the "full and equal benefit of all laws
and proceedings for the security of person and property," and the
right to exercise and follow the