Du Bois Deposit Bank v. Kuntz

Citations

• 175 Pa. 432
• 34 A. 797
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1268

Syllabus

<p>Mamed woman — Mortgage—Security for husband's debt.</p> <p>A married woman may execute a mortgage of her real estate to secure a debt of her husband.</p> <p>Fraudulent representations — Mortgage—Scire facias — Married woman. On a scire facias sur mortgage where one of the defendants, a married woman, testifies that she was induced to sign the mortgage by fraudulent representations made to her by a person who declared himself to be the agent of the mortgagee, and there is no other testimony in the case to show that such person was the agent of the mortgagee, or to connect the mortgagee in any way with the fraud, it is proper to direct the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff.</p>