Algeo v. Fries
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 222, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 110, discharging rule to open judgment in case of Margaret C. Algeo v. Colin A. Fries and Ella A. Fries. Rule to open judgment. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order discharging rule to open judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
The point presented in the appellant’s statement of the question involved, while in form relating only to the validity of a judgment entered on a bond and warrant given by a married woman to secure the debt of her husband, necessarily includes the question of fact whether the bond, in the case before us, is of this character. These are the only matters that here require consideration.
As to the validity of such a judgment, the law is well settled. A married woman cannot, by bond or otherwise, assume an obligation for the debt of another, except by her deed or mortgage. But…
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