Department of Public Assistance v. Heinbaugh

Carr, J.,

The subject of this controversy is the liability of a married woman on an obligation made jointly with her husband to repay public funds expended for the support of the family. Judgment in favor of the Department of Public Assistance of the Commonwealth having been entered by confession against both husband and wife, she obtained this rule to show cause why as to her the judgment should not be opened to permit her to defend on the ground of her coverture.

The material facts alleged and admitted are these:

On January 25, 1940, Blair Heinbaugh, the husband, an indigent person, made…