Abell v. Chaffee

Citations

• 154 Pa. 254
• 26 A. 364
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 878

Syllabus

<p>Married women — Confession of judgment for money borrowed to pay lien.</p> <p>A married woman lias power to confess a judgment for money borrowed to pay off a lien upon her land, where the money is actually used for that purpose. Latrobe v. Fritz, 152 Pa. 224, applied.</p> <p>Effect of married persons property act of 1887.</p> <p>Both the rights and liabilities of married women in Pennsylvania have been greatly and radically changed and enlarged by the act of 1887. The authorities which were applicable to questions arising before the passage of that aet are entirely inapplicable now. The judgment of a married woman which was then presumably void, is now presumably valid. It is no longer necessary to such validity to set out on the record the facts which before the act were necessary to give the judgment validity.</p>