Moore v. Copley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 282, Oct. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Butler Co., June T., 1892, No. 95, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on book account for services, rendered by plaintiff’s intestate, as physician, to defendant, a married woman.. Before Greer, P. J. This action came by appeal from the judgment of an alder-' man. Rose Copley is not named in the appeal as a married’ woman.
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Appeal, No. 282, Oct. T., 1894, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Butler Co., June T., 1892, No. 95, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit on book account for services, rendered by plaintiff’s intestate, as physician, to defendant, a married woman.. Before Greer, P. J. This action came by appeal from the judgment of an alder-' man. Rose Copley is not named in the appeal as a married’ woman. The alderman’s transcript and plaintiff’s statement’ are not printed in the paper-books, but appellants state that “the pleadings fail to embrace the husband.” Rose Copley' filed a plea of coverture. At…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
This appeal brings before us an extraordinary record. The action was brought against a married woman in order to charge her separate estate with the amount of an account for medical services rendered to herself and her children while living with her husband. Upon the trial in the court below, and at the suggestion of the learned trial judge, a verdict was taken by consent in favor of the plaintiff for the amount of the account “ subject to1 the opinion of the court on legal points reserved.” This appears upon the minutes of the trial, and regularly the points…
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