Egerter's Appeal

Dithrich, J.,

Petitioner, who is the divorced wife of Emil Egerter, has obtained a rule on the Board of Registration Commissioners of the City of Pittsburgh to show cause why the registry list of voters should not be amended to change the name under which she is registered from her married name to her maiden name.

There is no Pennsylvania case directly in point, but the principle governing the resumption of her maiden name by a woman who has been divorced or who has obtained a divorce is clearly stated in 19 C. J. 182, sec. 454 (d), as follows:

*165“Since at common law a person may assume any name…