Miller v. Dean

Citations

• 199 Pa. 637
• 49 A. 230
• 1901 Pa. LEXIS 669

Syllabus

<p>Trust and trustees—Married women—Separate use trust—Ratification— Estoppel.</p> <p>Where a married woman joins with her husband in executing deeds for lands in which she has a separate use trust, and after the death of her husband accepts payments of a portion of the purchase money, she and her heirs are estopped from asserting title as against the grantees in the deeds from herself and husband, and such acceptance works a ratification and redelivery of the deed.</p>