Murdock v. Wasson

Citations

• 158 Pa. 295
• 27 A. 944
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1582

Syllabus

<p>Married women — Contract signed by husband — Transcript in common pleas of judgment of justice of the peace — Striking off.</p> <p>A judgment against a married woman, entered in the common pleas on a transcript of a judgment recovered before a justice of the peace, will be stricken off where the transcript of the justice shows a judgment entered against husband and wife under the following condition of the transcript: “Plaintiff claims the sum of $175 due by the defendants as commission on the sale of certain property, sold by plaintiff for defendants per contract, to wit, five per centum on $3,500. Plaintiff sworn and produces in evidence above recited contract signed by Thos. Wasson,” the husband alone.</p>