Graver's Petition
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, Oct. T., 1917, by Nellie Aiken Graver, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 2088, refusing petition in matter of the petition of Nellie Aiken Graver to be decreed a feme sole trader. Petition to be decreed a feme sole trader. Before Reid, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court dismissed the petition. Petitioner appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in dismissing the petition.
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Appeal, No. 46, Oct. T., 1917, by Nellie Aiken Graver, from decree of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1916, No. 2088, refusing petition in matter of the petition of Nellie Aiken Graver to be decreed a feme sole trader. Petition to be decreed a feme sole trader. Before Reid, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The lower court dismissed the petition. Petitioner appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in dismissing the petition. While the Act of May 28,1915, P. L. 639, does not provide for an appeal, the right of appeal existsAppeal of the Commissioners of Northampton…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This appeal is by a married woman from an order dismissing her petition to be declared a feme sole trader under the Act of May 28, 1915, P. L. 639.
Mrs. Nellie Aiken Graver, the petitioner, and Dr. Edward Graver, the respondent, were married in 1910. She was a woman of ample fortune and resided with her mother in their home on Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh. After the marriage Dr. Graver lived with them, but, as he was without means, they continued to maintain the home at their joint expense. Mr. and Mrs. Graver have one child, a daughter, born in 1912. Thereafter the…
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