Legal Opinion

Latrobe Building & Loan Ass'n v. Fritz

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1893No. Appeal, No. 129PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1892, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1889, No. 88, striking off judgment against Margaret A. Fritz.

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Appeal, No. 129, Oct. T., 1892, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1889, No. 88, striking off judgment against Margaret A. Fritz. On July 2,1887, judgment was entered on a judgment bond, given by plaintiff to defendant, in the following form-: “ And now, to wit, 2d July, 1887, I, John Chamberlain, prothonotary per warrant of attorney in said bond filed, hereby enter judgment against the defendant in favor of plaintiff for the penal sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars, conditioned for the payment of Eight Hundred Dollars, with costs of suit, attorney’s commission of 5 per…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Gbeen,

The second clause of the first section of the act of June 3, 1887, P. L. 332, entitled the married persons property act, is in the following words, viz.: “ But every married woman shall have the same right to acquire, hold, possess, improve, control, use or dispose of her property, real or personal, in possession or expectancy, in the same manner as if she were a feme sole, without the intervention of any trustee, and with all the rights and liabilities incident thereto, except as herein provided, as if she were not married.”

The defendant in this case was a married…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Whitney v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Connay v. HalsteadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
  3. Real Estate Inv. Co. v. RoopSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  4. Koechling v. Henkel, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1891
  5. Bauck v. Swan, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1892

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Dulin v. McCawWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Adams v. GreySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  3. Dalton v. WillingmyreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Drey St. M. Co. for Use v. NevlingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Stephan v. HudockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897

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