Estate of Hicks
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 162, Oct. T., 1897, by Caroline Pabst, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia County, Oct. T., 1895, No. 258, disallowing claim. Smith, J., concurs. Exceptions to adjudication.
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Appeal, No. 162, Oct. T., 1897, by Caroline Pabst, from decree of O. C. Philadelphia County, Oct. T., 1895, No. 258, disallowing claim. Smith, J., concurs. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Hanna, P. J. At the audit of decedent’s estate, which was insolvent, Caroline Pahst presented a claim on a judgment note,’ not under seal, for the sum of $4,000 dated December 31,1890. Decedent died June 24, 1894, and letters of administration were granted to his widow who died on the 29th of April, 1895, and upon her death letters of administration were granted to Charles F. Linde, who filed the account…
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Wickham, J.,
The decision in tins case turns on the answer to the question, whether the exception in the limitation act of March 27, 1713, so far as it relates to married women, was repealed by the Married Persons’ Property Act of June 3, 1887, P. L. 332, substantially re-enacted in the somewhat broader Act of June 8, 1893, P. L. 344. The exception or proviso in the statute of limitations prevents the statute from running against a feme covert until discoverture has come to her. The act of 1887 conferred on every married woman the right to acquire, use, and dispose of property, in…
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