Kaiser's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 308, Jan. T., 1901, by Katie Doorly et al., legatees under the will of George J. Kaiser, from judgment of Superior Court, No. 22, Feb. T., 1900, reversing decree of O. C. Lycoming Co., March T., 1899, No. 24, refusing a writ of partition in the estate of George J. Kaiser, deceased. Petition for partition. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the judgment of the Superior Court,
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
George J. Kaiser and his wife, Catherine, by a contract dated August 15, 1893, agreed to separate and thereafter “ to live apart as though they had never been married.” This contract was signed, sealed and acknowledged by the parties before an aider-man. There was, however, no separate acknowledgment by the wife as required by the Act of February 24, 1770, 1 Sm. L. 307, Purd. 632, pi. 22, when she conveys her interest in real estate. By this agreement, Kaiser covenanted to pay his wife •f500 and to give her all her personal property in their residence, and…
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