Legal Opinion

Mower v. Mower

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 21, 1951No. Appeal, 38PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Allen M. Steabne,

Johanna Martin Mower, plaintiff-wife, filed this bill in equity to compel the Chester-Oambridge Bank and Trust Company to record a deed by which certain land was conveyed to plaintiff and Thomas P. Mower, her husband, as tenants by the entireties, which deed was left with the bank for recording, and to restrain the husband from, selling or encumbering the premises in question. The court below dismissed the bill upon the grounds that plaintiff had not the legal capacity to maintain the bill because she was not suing to recover her separate property.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Madden v. Glosztonyi Savings & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Berhalter v. BerhalterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Gallagher EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  4. Schweitzer v. EvansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Bowman v. Gum, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Brown v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Lindenfelser v. LindenfelserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. City Stores Co. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Fiore v. FioreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  5. Malamed v. SedelskySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

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