MacConnell v. Lindsay
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COUNT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 260 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 362 October Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. On September 2, 1889, an amicable action of assumpsit was entered in the court below between Matilda G. MacConnell, plaintiff, and Reese Lindsay, defendant, the following case being stated for the opinion of the court: On June 19, 1889, the plaintiff, Matilda G. MacConnell, devisee under the last will and…
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COUNT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 2 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 260 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 362 October Term 1889, C. P. No. 2. On September 2, 1889, an amicable action of assumpsit was entered in the court below between Matilda G. MacConnell, plaintiff, and Reese Lindsay, defendant, the following case being stated for the opinion of the court: On June 19, 1889, the plaintiff, Matilda G. MacConnell, devisee under the last will and testament of Eveline Gross, late of Pittsburgh, deceased, sold to the defendant, Reese Lindsay, a lot of ground situate at…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark:
At common law a married woman could not hold and enjoy *485property, real or personal, separate from and independent of her husband. The right of the wife to take property to her separate use originated in equity, and, in Pennsylvania, this, in addition to her statutory right, is still enforced upon principles of equity, which have been recognized since the reign of Elizabeth. This separate estate of the wife was sustained in equity, in order that it might be possible for the husband, or for any other persons, desiring to make a settlement upon the wife, to so secure…
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