Pettit v. Fretz's
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Bucks county. This was a feigned issue, directed by the court below, wherein Sarah Ann Pettit was plaintiff, and John Eretz, executor of Martha Eretz, deceased, was defendant, to determine the right to a sum of $280, paid into court, in an action brought in the name of the said John Eretz, executor of Martha Eretz, deceased, to the use of the said Sarah Ann Pettit, against Benjamin S. Rich. . Joseph E. Carver, the brother of Martha Eretz, and of…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Bucks county. This was a feigned issue, directed by the court below, wherein Sarah Ann Pettit was plaintiff, and John Eretz, executor of Martha Eretz, deceased, was defendant, to determine the right to a sum of $280, paid into court, in an action brought in the name of the said John Eretz, executor of Martha Eretz, deceased, to the use of the said Sarah Ann Pettit, against Benjamin S. Rich. . Joseph E. Carver, the brother of Martha Eretz, and of whom she was one of the heirs, agreed to pay Sarah Ann Pettit, the plaintiff, in consideration of her continuing to live…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
Very soon after the elective judiciary came into power in 1851, this court was called on to commit itself to an interpretation of the Married Woman’s Act of 11th April 1848. Two modes of dealing with that statute were open to us. On the one hand, we might adhere to a very literal interpretation, and say that the married woman shall possess her separate property as fully after marriage as before, that she shall own, use, and enjoy it as if she was a feme sole, and that it shall not be liable for her husband’s debts. And for this mode of…
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- Mindlin v. O'BoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
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