Alles v. Lyon

Citations

• 216 Pa. 604
• 66 A. 81
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 875

Syllabus

<p>Husband, and wife — Tenants by entirety — Municipal lien.</p> <p>Where a husband and wife are registered owners by entireties of a lot in a city, and a municipal lien is filed against the wife alone, upon which judgment is entered against her only, the lien as to the husband is a nullity and a sale thereunder passes no title. In such a case if the wife buys at the sale, she buys nothing that she did not have before, her own right of survivorship.</p> <p>Husband and wife — Tenancy, by entireties — Divorce.</p> <p>Where a husband and wife hold an estate as tenants by entireties, and they are subsequently divorced, the divorce does not change the tenancy by entireties into a tenancy in common.</p> <p>Husband and wife — Tenancy by entireties — Divorce—Ejectment—Rule to bring ejectment.</p> <p>Where a husband and wife holding an estate by entireties, are divorced, the wife is not entitled as against the husband to a rule to bring ejectment, and if the court allows the rule, the failure of the husband to appear and answer is immaterial, because the face of the record already answered the requirements of the rule by showing “cause why the ejectment cannot be so brought;” '•</p>