Pringle v. Pringle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court-of Common Pleas of Qambria county: No. 16, to October and November Term 1868. In the court below judgment was entered on the 18th of April 1866, “ John Pringle, now for the use of Greorge W. Pringle, v. H. Gr. Patton and Mary Patton. Debt $72.00.” The judgment was entered on a single bill, dated March 23d 1864, with warrant of attorney to confess judgment for $72, from H. Gr.
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Error to the Court-of Common Pleas of Qambria county: No. 16, to October and November Term 1868. In the court below judgment was entered on the 18th of April 1866, “ John Pringle, now for the use of Greorge W. Pringle, v. H. Gr. Patton and Mary Patton. Debt $72.00.” The judgment was entered on a single bill, dated March 23d 1864, with warrant of attorney to confess judgment for $72, from H. Gr. Patton and Mary Patton to John Pringle or order, payable on the 23d of September 1866. Endorsed on the bill was an assignment “for value received,” under seal, dated May 1st 1865, from John Pringle to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 5th 1869, by
Sharswood, J.
At common law a man, who is sui jwris and compos mentis, may give away all his personal property, so as to become himself and leave his wife and children, penniless: 1 Blackst. Com. 449; 2 Kent’s Com. 440. As to his lands and tenements his wife is protected to the extent of her dower against any transfer or disposition of her husband by act inter vivos or last will and testament, without her consent; and by the 11th section of the Act of April 11th 1848, Pamph. L. 537, commonly called the Married Women’s Act, the husband…
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