Spearman v. Ward
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1886, Nos. 211, 212, 218 and 214. These were four actions of assumpsit by John J. Spearman, Branton H. Henderson, Walter Pierce, Joseph Forke-r and John Phillips, partners doing business as Spearman Iron Company against James Ward and Lizzie B. Ward bis wife on four promissory notes of Eliza B. Ward.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1886, Nos. 211, 212, 218 and 214. These were four actions of assumpsit by John J. Spearman, Branton H. Henderson, Walter Pierce, Joseph Forke-r and John Phillips, partners doing business as Spearman Iron Company against James Ward and Lizzie B. Ward bis wife on four promissory notes of Eliza B. Ward. Verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $5,230.66, subject to the opinion of the court on the following question of law reserved. 1. That at the time the notes in suit were given the defendant, Eliza B. Ward, was a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
These cases involve the same principle and were argued together. They present tiie question whether the real estate in Pennsylvania, of a married woman domiciled, anil doing business in the State of Ohio, is liable for her general debts contracted in the course of said business. 5
It was conceded upon the argument that if by the law of the State of Ohio the common law disabilities of married women have been removed, and the defendant is clothed with a general power of contracting,-the same as a feme sole, the plaintiff would be entitled to obtain a judgment against her here, which could be…
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