Steffen v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 235, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, Henrietta C. Smith, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1892, No. 250', on special verdict in favor of plaintiff, Annie W. Steffen, executrix of Christian Steffen, Jr., deceased. Assumpsit on promissory note. The jury returned the following special verdict: “ 1. That on Feb. 25,1889, the defendant Henrietta C. Smith was, and now is, a married woman.
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Appeal, No. 235, Oct. T., 1893, by defendant, Henrietta C. Smith, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1892, No. 250', on special verdict in favor of plaintiff, Annie W. Steffen, executrix of Christian Steffen, Jr., deceased. Assumpsit on promissory note. The jury returned the following special verdict: “ 1. That on Feb. 25,1889, the defendant Henrietta C. Smith was, and now is, a married woman. “ 2. That said Henrietta C. Smith then was in receipt of an annual income of §2,400 derived from a trust estate consisting of realty and personalty. “ 3. That on Feb. 25, 1889, A. J.…
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Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
The contract in this case comes clearly within both the letter and spirit of the act of 1887. That act gave married women unrestricted power to acquire real estate and to incur corresponding liabilities. It declares: “ That hereafter marriage shall not be held to impose any disability on or incapacity in a married woman as to the acquisition .... of property of any kind in (1) any trade or business in which she may engage, or (2) for necessaries, or (3) for the use, enjoyment and improvement of her separate estate, .... or (4) her right and power to make…
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