Adams v. Grey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 252, Jan. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Daisy Adams, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1892, No. 805, making absolute a rule to strike off a judgment against Annie Grey. Rule to strike off judgment against married women entered on warrant of attorney. In addition to the facts stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court defendant testified that a part of the consideration for the judgment was the good will of a house of prostitution.
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Appeal, No. 252, Jan. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Daisy Adams, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1892, No. 805, making absolute a rule to strike off a judgment against Annie Grey. Rule to strike off judgment against married women entered on warrant of attorney. In addition to the facts stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court defendant testified that a part of the consideration for the judgment was the good will of a house of prostitution. The court below made the rule absolute. ¡Error assigned was in striking off the judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
This case is virtually ruled by several of our adjudications, construing the married persons property act of June 3, 1887, among which are Koechling v. Henkel, 144 Pa. 215 ; Bauck v. Swan, 146 Pa. 444; Latrobe etc. Association v. Fritz, 152 Pa. 224; Milligan v. Phipps, 153 Pa. 208; Abell v. Chaffee, not yet reported [the preceding case]. In the case first cited it is said : “We cannot say, since the act of 1887, that a judgment confessed by a married woman is void. At most, it is voidable, and may be set aside upon her application, where it is made to…
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- Reed's Executors v. ReedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Koechling v. Henkel, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1891
- Latrobe Building & Loan Ass'n v. FritzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Milligan v. PhippsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Bauck v. Swan, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1892
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