Commercial Acceptance Corp. v. Ruppel

Per Curiam,

Defendants, Philip L. Ruppel and Mary V. Ruppel, husband and wife, executed a mortgage on real estate owned by them as tenants by entireties. The mortgage was accompanied by a bond in the usual form. Judgment was entered on the bond, by virtue of a warrant of attorney incorporated therein. The court below opened the judgment as to the wife. This appeal followed.

The husband purchased an automobile truck to use in his business, and the bond and mortgage were given to secure part of the purchase money. The court below correctly states: “The answer [to the petition to open the…