Harley v. Leonard

Citations

• 4 Pa. Super. 431
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 138

Syllabus

<p>Married loomen — Incapacity to become surety — Effect of divorce a mensa and decree making her a feme sole trader.</p> <p>The disability of a married woman to become an accommodation indorser, guarantor or surety for another exists under the acts of 1887 and 1893. A divorce a mensa et thoro granted the wile with alimony cannot be so construed or applied as to make her anything else than a married woman in her contracts; neither will the wife’s settlement with an absconding husband of her claim for money under such divorce proceedings by accepting land in lieu of money, nor the fact that she has been declared a feme sole trader, change the result.</p> <p>Married women — Statutes—Acts o/1887 and 1892 — Interpretation.</p> <p>The expressed intent of the married woman’s acts of 1887 and 1893 is to enlarge the powers of a married woman to contract and the courts have sought to give full effect to this intent in interpreting these acts; and while the primary intent is not to be restricted by interpretation, plain restrictions are not to be enlarged by the same means.</p>