Jordan's Petition

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

On July 14, 1920, Pauline M. Jordan presented her petition to be declared a feme sole trader. The aver ments of the petition disclosed a case within the relevant statutes, recently considered in Walsh’s Appeal, 330 Pa. 502. The court granted a rule on William P. Jordan, petitioner’s husband, to show cause why the petition should not be granted; the rule was made returnable July 28, 1920; the court also directed that notice of the presentation of the petition and of the day fixed for hearing on the rule should be given to all interested parties “by publication once a…