Bauck v. Swan
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
No. 143 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 164 January Term 1891, C. P. No. 2. On November 4,1889, there was entered in the court below, by appeal from the judgment of an alderman, an action brought by A. W. E. Bauck against James M. Swan and Isabella A. Swan, his wife.
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No. 143 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 164 January Term 1891, C. P. No. 2. On November 4,1889, there was entered in the court below, by appeal from the judgment of an alderman, an action brought by A. W. E. Bauck against James M. Swan and Isabella A. Swan, his wife. The plaintiff filed a statement of claim averring, in substance, that Isabella A. Swan, through her husband, James M. Swan, made a contract with the plaintiff to pay him three hundred dollars, for his services’as a broker in procuring a purchaser for certain real estate belonging to her; that the plaintiff rendered…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Geeen
The first section of the act of June 3, 1887, P. L. 332, pro*450vides that “ every married woman shall have the same right to acquire, hold, possess, improve, control, use, or dispose of her property, real and personal, in possession and expectancy, in the same manner as if she were a feme-sole, without the intervention of any trustee, and with all the rights and liabilities incident thereto except as herein provided, as if she were not married.” That this law gives to married women the right to sell their real estate with the same effect as if they were femessole, except…
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