Sellers v. Heinbaugh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE SOMERSET COUNTY. No. 197 July Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 161 September Term, 1886, C. P. This cause was commenced by attachment in assumpsit under the act of March 17, 1869, by David H. Heinbaugh, Andrew Coughenour and Jonas Meyers against Wm. H. Sellers and Maggie Sellers, his wife.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE SOMERSET COUNTY. No. 197 July Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 161 September Term, 1886, C. P. This cause was commenced by attachment in assumpsit under the act of March 17, 1869, by David H. Heinbaugh, Andrew Coughenour and Jonas Meyers against Wm. H. Sellers and Maggie Sellers, his wife. On March 9, 1882, John Blubaugh loaned to Mr. and Mrs. Sellers the sum of $500, taking an exemption note under seal with warrant of attorney to enter judgment thereon, signed by Mr. and Mrs. Sellers, David Heinbaugh, Andrew Coughenour and Jonas Meyers, the three…
1Opinion of the Court
*224Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green :
That a married woman is liable for repairs to her separate estate made at her request and necessary for its preservation and enjoyment, is well settled. It is sufficient to refer to Lippincott v. Hopkins, 57 Pa. 328 Lippincott v. Leeds, 77 Pa. 420.
It is equally well settled that her bond or note given for borrowed money is void. Even her judgment given for the purchase money of real estate can only be enforced against her as to the particular property purchased: Patterson v. Robinson, 25 Pa. 81, and Ramborger v. Ingraham, 38 Pa. 147. That even the land can be held…
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- Lippincott v. LeedsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
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